BackAIATSIS Code: D10
AIATSIS reference name: Wiradjuri State: NSW
Location: On the Lachlan River and south from Condobolin to Booligal; at Carrathool, Wagga-Wagga, Cootamundra, Cowra, Parkes, Trundle; east to Gundagai, Boorowa, and Rylstone; at Wellington, Mudgee, Bathurst, and Carcoar; west along Billabong Creek to beyond Mossgiel; southwest to near Hay and Narrandera; south to Howlong on upper Murray; at Albury and east to about Tumbarumba. They visited Yass for ceremonies with the Ngunawal tribe. The northwestern boundary was incorrectly drawn on the 1940 map. Brough Smyth shows that members of the tribe were on the Murray River at Albury (Tindale 1974).
Maps: Tindale, Norman. 1974. Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra: Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development.
Clark, Ian. 1996. Aboriginal languages areas in Victoria: a reconstruction. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages.
Austin, Peter. 2008. The Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) Language, northern New South Wales — A Brief History of Research. In Encountering Aboriginal languages: studies in the history of Australian linguistics, ed. William McGregor, 37-58. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
Information as of: 2010-08-31 15:49:52