Aborigines of Victoria Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LANGUAGE
- APPENDICES
- A Notes and Anecdotes of the Aborigines of Australia, by Philip Chauncy, J.P., District Surveyor at Ballarat
- B Traditions of the Australian Aborigines on the Namoi, Barwan, and other Tributaries of the Darling, communicated by the Rev. William Ridley, M.A., &c.
- C Notes on the Natives of Australia, by Albert A. C. Le Souëf
- D Notes on the Aborigines of Cooper's Creek, by Alfred W. Howitt, F.G.S., P.M. and Warden, Bairnsdale
- E Notes relating to the Aborigines of Australia, by the late John Moore Davis
- F Notes on the System of Consanguinity and Kinship of the Brabrolong Tribe, North Gippsland, by A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., P.M. and Warden, Bairnsdale
- G Notes on the Language and Customs of the Tribe inhabiting the country known as Kotoopna, by William Locke
- H Hunting the Blacks, by the late A. F. A. Greeves
- I The Crania of the Natives, by Professor Halford, of the Melbourne University
- THE ABORIGINES OF TASMANIA
- INDEX
- Plate section
D - Notes on the Aborigines of Cooper's Creek, by Alfred W. Howitt, F.G.S., P.M. and Warden, Bairnsdale
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- LANGUAGE
- APPENDICES
- A Notes and Anecdotes of the Aborigines of Australia, by Philip Chauncy, J.P., District Surveyor at Ballarat
- B Traditions of the Australian Aborigines on the Namoi, Barwan, and other Tributaries of the Darling, communicated by the Rev. William Ridley, M.A., &c.
- C Notes on the Natives of Australia, by Albert A. C. Le Souëf
- D Notes on the Aborigines of Cooper's Creek, by Alfred W. Howitt, F.G.S., P.M. and Warden, Bairnsdale
- E Notes relating to the Aborigines of Australia, by the late John Moore Davis
- F Notes on the System of Consanguinity and Kinship of the Brabrolong Tribe, North Gippsland, by A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., P.M. and Warden, Bairnsdale
- G Notes on the Language and Customs of the Tribe inhabiting the country known as Kotoopna, by William Locke
- H Hunting the Blacks, by the late A. F. A. Greeves
- I The Crania of the Natives, by Professor Halford, of the Melbourne University
- THE ABORIGINES OF TASMANIA
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
A great central chain of Salt Lakes extends from the Flinders Range northward. Into these lakes flows the surplus water of Cooper's Creek. The Aborigines living on these waters and extending to the eastward on the various watercourses may be said to be numerous, when the nature of the country is considered. I estimated them at about 1,200. They are divided into tribes; and again subdivided, and I am inclined to think that every lake and permanent water may be regarded as having its sub-tribe. I am acquainted with four tribes. The Deeries, who live at Lake Hope (Bando Pinna; or the Big Lake); the Yantruwunter, who live at Cooper's Creek proper; and two other tribes who live towards Lake Lipson (Bando Patckaditti); and Sturt's Desert (Murda Pinna, or the Big Stones).
The natives living at Strezelecki's Creek are called the “Tingatingana” blacks, from the native name of the creek; they are, I believe, a subdivision of the Deeries, and have a very bad name. Perhaps it is worse than they deserve, for all the misdeeds done by blacks on the border are laid to the charge of the Tingatingana blacks.
The language is the same from Sturt's Desert down to Flood's Creek, in the Barrier Ranges; and from the chain of Salt Lakes eastward, I know not how far up the rivers.
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- Aborigines of VictoriaWith Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives of Other Parts of Australia and Tasmania Compiled from Various Sources for the Government of Victoria, pp. 300 - 309Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1878