n - University of Newcastle

ERRATA.
Page G, line 29. Tor ' sine ' read ' shine.'
,, 11, ,, 25. 307- gatoa ~ecrd bag.
,, 17, ,, 4. Let Kom. 1 and Nom. 2 change places, so that
bag and its line shall be Nom. I.
,, 18, ,, 33. Let Nom. 1 and Nom. 2 change places, so that
b a g and its line shall be Nom. 1.
,, 19, ,, 26. Let Nom. 1 and Nom, 2 change places, so that
unni and its line shall be Norn. 1.
,, 37, ,, 16. Eo~bag (bis) ~eadbng?(bis).
:: 137, ,, 29. The zoo~d gatun seems to hate dropped out
of the manuscript at * * *
-4PPC>DIX.
Page 4, adpnenz, This? recurs in the same sense onpp. 13,14,16.
,, 30, ,, 307. appendix read volulse.
a I
1 THE ILLUSTRATIONS.
t
1. MAP OF XEW SOUTH WALES AS OCCGPIED BT THE NATITE
TRIBES - . . . ... . . ... ... . . Erontisyiece
This map is the issue of ten years' thought and inquiry on the location
of our native tribes ; nothing of the kind has been attempted before. The
basis of the whole is the boundaries of the Kainalarai tribe, which were
marked out for me by a friend who knew the tribe well fifty years ago ; his
information I have tested and estended by answers I got from others, xvlio
also knew the tribe about that time. The Walai-ai d~alect digers only a
little from the IZamalnrai proper ; so also the TVailwun, spoken by the
Ngaiamba blacks ; for this reason, aud because thky have the classification
of the Xamalarai, these are regarcled as only subclirisioils of the great Kamalarai
tribe. The FValarai dialect extends into Queensland.
t The next great tribe is the Kuringgai on the sea coast. Their ' taurai'
(hunting grouncl or territory)-is known to extend north to the Macleay
I
River, and I found that southwards it reached the Hawkesbnry. Then,
t By examining the remains of the language of the natives about Sydney and
southwards, and by other tests, I assured myself that the country thereabout
was occupied by sub-tribes of the Hnrringgai.
In a similar manner, I determinecl the territory of the hxurrinjari on the
I south-east coast.
$
t The bounclaries of the Wiradhari tribe hare long been known. Probably
they did not extend quite to the hisrray, but that river is their natural
limit on the sonth.
. From illoulamein westwards, as shown on the msp, or from a line drawn
from the Murmmbidgee to the.&Iurray somewhat farther east than that,
and on both sirlm of the Murray, there is a patch of associatecl tribes whose
dialects are callecl Terry-yerry, Marrawarra, Ynyn, Tataty, Watty-watty,
kc., all from the local words for 'no.' Their position in fragments there is
curious, and may be the result of some displacement from above by the in-
coming of stronger tribes, such as the Wiradhari.
The Bakanji is another strong tribe whose locality is well defined on the
east by the Wiradhari. A sub-tribe of it is the Berriait, bordering on the
Lachlan River and the TViradhari frontier. A small portion of the northwest
of New South Wales and much more of the adjoining tei~itory in
Queensland ancl South Australia has a tribe which some call the Kornu,
but I am not sure that that is the correct name for it.
The boundaries of the Paikalyung tribe were given me by the Rev. H.
Livingstone, rrho knows it well. Its territory runs along tile coast up
, nearly to Brisbane.
The next tribe (I hare called it 7;l-achigari) has its ' taurai ' limited by
the Paikalyung on the north and the Kuriilggai on the south.
The Yakkajari speak the Pikambal dialect, and extend across our border
solue distance into Queensiand.