Madoidja Explained

See also: Madoitja language. The Madoitja or Tjupany were an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia.

Language

The Madoitja language was one of the Wati languages.

Location

The Madoitja lands, according to an inference from contiguous areas by Norman Tindale, ranged over some 9000mi2 of territory, from east of the Three Rivers and Old Peak Hill to Lakes King and Nabberu. Their southern confines lay around Cunyu, touching on the northwestern border of Millrose. They lay north-northeast of the Wajarri.

Alternative names

• Konin
• Marduidji
• Milamada
• Wainawonga
• Waula (Pini exonym meaning "northerners")

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Aboriginal names of places . Bates . Daisy May . Daisy Bates (author) . . Sydney . 1913 . 14 . 4 . 74–76 .
• Web site: Madoidja . 26 July 2019 . . .
• Languages of the world: Indo-Pacific fasc. 6 . O'Grady . Geoffrey N. . Voegelin . Charles F. . Voegelin . Florence M. . Geoffrey O'Grady . Charles F. Voegelin . Florence M. Voegelin . . Bloomington . 1966 . 8 . 2 . 1–197 . 30029431.
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Madoitja (WA) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/madoitja.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/madoitja.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.