What is the common name of the map tribal boundaries in Aboriginal Australia 1940?

The Tindale Map is a historical map illustrating the diversity of Aboriginal languages groups across Australia. Please note that this map is being made available for general reading and use. The map illustrates language groups according to anthropologist Norman Tindale in 1940.

How many Indigenous tribal groups are there in Australia?

Indigenous peoples and cultures There were over 500 different clan groups or ‘nations’ around the continent, many with distinctive cultures, beliefs and languages. Today, Indigenous people make up 2.4 per cent of the total Australian population (about 460,000 out of 22 million people).

Where is dharawal country?

The Dharawal people’s lands are mostly confined to the area south of Botany Bay, extending as far south as the Nowra area, across to the Georges River in Sydney’s west. Clans or bands (called ‘tribes’ by the Europeans) within Sydney belonged to several major language groups, often with coastal and inland dialects.

What Aboriginal land is ingleburn?

The land in the Ingleburn area was originally inhabited by the Tharawal people prior to the arrival of settlers from the First Fleet in 1788. The first land grants in the area were made in 1809 to William Neale, Joshua Alliot, all previously soldiers in the NSW Corps. As such, the area became known as “Soldier Flat”.

What is in the’tribal boundaries in Aboriginal Australia’series?

This series comprises drafts, printer’s proofs and annotated sheets of Tindale’s ‘Tribal Boundaries in Aboriginal Australia’ map published in 1974. Tindale’s annotations include additions and corrections to published boundaries and Aboriginal ‘tribes’ and place names, and references to published and unpublished sources (see also series AA 338/18).

What does this map show about Aboriginal Australia?

This map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. It used published resources from the eighteenth century-1994 and is not intended to be exact, nor the boundaries fixed.

Who was the author of the tribal boundaries of Australia?

Tribal boundaries drawn by Winifred Mumford on a base map produced by the Division of National Mapping, Dept. of National Development, Canberra, Australia Tindale, Norman B & Tindale, Norman B & Australia. Division of National Mapping & University of California (System) & Australian National University Press. (1974).

What are discrete Aboriginal communities in NSW?

Tick the box next to this icon in the layers list to see Discrete Aboriginal Communities in NSW. These are geographic locations mainly inhabited by Indigenous people, with housing or infrastructure that is owned or managed on a community basis.