Watta people explained

The Watta were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

In Norman Tindale 's estimation the Watta held about 3500mi2 of territory, inland around the eastern bank of the South Alligator River, as far east to the headwaters of the East Alligator River.

Social organization and practices

The Watta are notable for the fact that they constitute the most southeastern tribe which refrained from the rites of circumcision in the Northern territory.

Alternative names

• Wada
• Wad:a
• Wadjigim (?)
• Marigianbirik

Notes

Citations

Sources

• On the Aboriginal Tribes of the Northern Coast of Australia . Earl . G. Windsor . George Windsor Earl . . 1846 . 16 . 239–251 . 10.2307/1798232 . 1798232 .
• Social Organization of Arnhem Land . Elkin . A. P. . Berndt . R. M. . Berndt . C. H. . A. P. Elkin . Ronald Berndt . Catherine Berndt . . Sydney . June 1951 . 21 . 4 . 253–301 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1951.tb00176.x . 40328302 .
• Book: Spencer, Baldwin . Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia . Walter Baldwin Spencer . 1914 . . London .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Watta (NT) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/watta.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .