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Miwa EAA (Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, Horton ed.) * Miwa AIATSIS (Austr. Inst. of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) K.44 Miwa (click) SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics) VMI MIWA --> Wunambalic (4) --> --> Wororan (7) (number of languages in each group or family between brackets)	State: WA (please be aware that this map is NOT hand-drawn, but machine generated using approximate coordinates adjusted from Tindale's records. This map is only here to provide a very general idea of the location)
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Alternative names found in the literature for this group * Miwa Konan Konun Konin Gonin Kaianu Kianu Kyanoo Murgura (eastern groups) Kuna Kunange Gunan Koonange Mande Pago (palce name) Bagu Kalumbura Wulanggur (place name) Ulangu Umari (place name) Walar (snake clan)	User contributions No contributions for this record. You may leave your's below Unfortunately, because of too many misuses, the possibility for visitors to add comments here was taken out of the system. It will be added again at a later stage with a more severe control mechanism. Sorry to all those well-intentioned who have contributed to make these pages a collective place of growing knowledge....
Place and geographical locations that are often associated to this group. Please note that these are places that were or are mentioned in the literature, some are inaccurate. Under no circumstances can this list be used in the context of any sorts of claims, indigenous or not. Barton Plain; Berkeley River; Cape Bernier; Carson River; Drysdale River; Kalumburu Mission; King Edward River; King George River; Manungu; Mount Connelly; Napier Broome Bay;

Bibliographic references for this record

I suggest you also use the above-mentioned AIATSIS name in the AIATSIS MURA catalogue for bibliographic references

HERNANDEZ T. 1941. Children among the Drysdale River tribes. Oceania, 12(2), p. 122-33.

HERNANDEZ T. 1941. Social Organization of the Drysdale River Tribes. Oceania, 11, p. 211-32.

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