Kwatkwat Explained

The Kwatkwat were an indigenous Australian tribe of the State of Victoria, though some scholars consider them part of the broader Yorta Yorta/Pangerang macrogroup.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Kwatkwat's tribal territories cover roughly 1800mi2, running along the southern bank of the Murray River, in a stretch of land that ran from just above the Goulburn River junction southwards around Indigo Creek at Barnawartha. The strip included the junction of the King and Ovens rivers.

Alternative names

• Quart-Quart
• Emu Mudjug tribe.(?)
• Pikkolatpan

Some words

• pikor (emu).

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: The Yorta Yorta (Bangerang) language of the Murray Goulburn: including Yabula Yabula . Bowe . Heather . Morey . Stephen . 1999 . . 978-0-858-83513-9 .
• Book: Curr, Edward Micklethwaite . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 1887 . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 3 . J. Ferres . Melbourne .
• Book: Smyth, Robert Brough . The Aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania . Robert Brough Smyth . 1878 . 1 . J. Ferres, gov't printer . Melbourne .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kwatkwat (VIC) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kwatkwat.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .