Wemba-Wemba

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The Wemba-Wemba are an Indigenous Australian group in north-Western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia,[1] including in the Mallee and the Riverina regions. They are also known as the Wamba-wamba.[2]

Before European settlement in the nineteenth century, the Wemba-Wemba occupied the area around Swan Hill, Victoria,[3] Dunolly[4] and Creswick.[5] Norman Tindale recorded the tribe as on the Loddon River from Kerang, Victoria north to Swan Hill; on the Avoca River south to near Quambatook; northeastward to Booroorban, New South Wales and Moulamein; near Barham; at Lake Boga and Boort, Victoria.[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Australia Decoded 'W-3'. JoyZine. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  2. ^ a b Tindale, N.B (1974). Wembawemba (NSW). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (extract). South Australian Museum. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  3. ^ Swan Hill - Victoria. Travel. Sydney Morning Herald (2004). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  4. ^ Dunolly. Central Goldfields Community. Goldfields Online (2006). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
  5. ^ Creswick. About the Shire. Hepburn Shire Council (2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
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