Norman Tindale calculated that the Wongkadjera's tribal territory covered about 2,300 square miles (6,000 km2) in the area of
Glenormiston and
Herbert Downs. Their northern limits were close to Roxborough.
Social organization
The Wongkadjera were divided into
hordes, the name of one of which probably survives.
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Economy
The Glenormiston area around the Mulligan River was a key producer of the narcotic
pituri, and archaeological evidence has emerged suggesting that the Furthermore, it is postulated that the Wongkadjera, together with other local tribes, such as the
Rungarungawa and
Julaolinja, used it and stone axes from the
Kalkatungu mines in the
Mt. Isa district as trade goods, exchanging them in order to secure access to the
Channel Country along the
Georgina and
Diamantina Rivers.[1]
Tibbett, Kevin (2002). "Archaeological analysis of stone axe exchange networks in the Lake Eyre Basin during the mid- to late Holocene". Australian Archaeology (55): 22–29.
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