Kwatkwat

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The Kwatkwat were an indigenous Australian tribe of the State of Victoria, though some scholars consider them part of the broader Yorta Yorta/Pangerang macrogroup. [lower-alpha 1]

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According to Norman Tindale, the Kwatkwat's tribal territories cover roughly 1,800 square miles (4,700 km2), running along the southern bank of the Murray River, in a stretch of land that ran from just above the Goulburn River junction southwards around Indigo Creek at Barnawartha. The strip included the junction of the King and Ovens rivers. [2]

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Notes

  1. 'We do not think that much reliance can be placed on Tindale's classification in this area.' [1]
  2. This identification has been challenged on the grounds that the available evidence suggests the reported 'Emu Mudjug' tribe spoke a different language from the variety of Yorta Yorta believed to be spoken by the Kwakkwat, and they appear to have spoken a version of Wiradjuri. [3]

Citations

  1. Bowe & Morey 1999, p. 5, n.7.
  2. 1 2 3 Tindale 1974, p. 206.
  3. Bowe & Morey 1999, p. 5, n7..

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