Maps of First Nations People of Australia
Maps of First Nations People of Australia
The following are links to various maps of First Nations people of Australia.
The maps are not definitive and have been shared to start the conversation about First Nations people of Australia, language and social groups. The maps indicate only the general location of larger groups of people, which may include small groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages within a group. See also AUSTLANG.
1. AustLang
AustLang is a searchable index of information about First Nation languages of Australia. It provides
- alternative/variant names and spellings
- geographical location from referenced sources etc.
2. First Languages Australia, Gambay. Searchable map of Australia by location or language. It features a link to audio-visual information for each language.
3. Aboriginal Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Map of Australia, David Horton (creator), AIATSIS 1996
Maps of First Nations people of New South Wales
This map is based on the AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia, which was produced for a general reading audience.
2. Spatial Map View - Aboriginal Land Council boundaries etc.
3. First Nations coastal people from Central Coast to Northern NSW (Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Collective)
NSW Aboriginal Land Council Boundaries (PDF - AHO)
Historical Maps of NSW
1. A map of New South Wales : from the best authorities, and from the latest discoveries, 1825 / J. Tyrer sc (Trove).
2. The Colony of New South Wales, by Sidney Hall (1828) (Trove).
3. Map of Survey Counties of NSW 1840s (Trove)
4. A chart of the three harbours of Botany Bay, Port Jackson & Brocken Bay (1817?) showing the ground cultivated by the colonists with the courses of the rivers, Hawkesbury, Nepean &c. / R. Scott Sc (1817?) (Trove)
5. Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson (1788) in the County of Cumberland New South Wales July 1788 / T. Medland sculp.; coastline by W. Dawes, the soundings by Capt. Hunter
6. Plan of Port Jackson New South Wales (1788) : Lat. 33° 50' S. Long. 151°.25' fr. Greenwich variation of the compass 7°.54' E. 1788 / by Capt John Hunter; J. Reid & W. Harrison sc
7. Map of the town of Sydney 1837 / Engraved by John Carmichael of Sydney.
General map of the south eastern portion of Australia (1850?) : shewing the colony of New South Wales as surveyed and divided by the Sr. Genl. [i.e. Surveyor General] between the years 1827 and 1850 / Sir T.L. Mitchell, del. ; J. Carmichael, sc., Kent Strt., North Sydney
Maps of Sydney
The Sydney Languages
The notebooks of Lieutenant William Dawes Aron the Aboriginal language of Sydney (1790).
- Original book
- Links and references
- William Dawes’ Notebooks on the Aboriginal Language of Sydney, 1790-1791 (.pdf) - D Nathan
- Word list
The Sydney Language - by Jakelin Troy, 1993 - Wordlist
'The most valuable sources of information about the Sydney Language are three manuscripts now held in the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and catalogued as 'manuscript 41645 parts a, b and c'. Manuscripts 'a' and 'b' were produced by Lieutenant William Dawes RN, a scientist with the First Fleet. They contain his conversations with a number of Aboriginal people who are familiar from the journals of other First Fleet writers. However, the person most often referred to by Dawes was a young woman, 'Patyegarang''.
'In 1875, William Ridley published a wordlist from 'the language of Georges River, Cowpasture, and Appin' obtained from John Rowley who had been a resident at Cook's River, Botany Bay'
'In the early twentieth century, R H Mathews published a wordlist and wrote a brief description of a language he called 'Dharruk'. However, none of the early sources supply a word even resembling Dharruk . Mathews claimed that his grammar and vocabulary were compiled 'from the lips of old natives acquainted with the language' (Mathews 1903:155). He believed that the language was used in an area 'extending along the coast to the Hawkesbury River, and inland to what are now Windsor, Penrith, Campbelltown, and intervening towns''.
Maps of Sydney (State Library of NSW)
Watkin Tench - Map of Sydney (1791)
- A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson: lain down from actual survey 1791
Author: Keith Vincent Smith
- Overview of Sydney Languages 'Filling a Void: A review of the historical context of the word 'Guringai', 2015
- Clans of Sydney (Dr Val Attenbrow provides the clearest review of names and their associated spellings and recorded or presumed location.)
- includes places names of Port Jackson etc.
Maps of Victora
Historical maps of Victoria
Victoria, or Port Phillip (1851)/ the map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin ; the illustrations by A. Warren & engraved by J. Rogers
Victoria with parts of New South Wales & South Australia (1855)/ by James Bonwick, author of 'Geography of Australia & New Zealand',
Maps of South Australia
Historical Maps of South Australia
Map of Captn. Sturt's route from Adelaide into the centre of Australia (1849) / constructed from his original protractions and other official documents by John Arrowsmith 1849
Maps of Tasmania
A new map of Van Diemens Land : from the best authorities : and from the most recent surveys (1825) / J. Tyrer, sc
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