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Indigenous Language Map

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Language data © Aboriginal Studies Press, AIATSIS and Auslig/Sinclair, Knight, Merz, 1996. David R Horton, creator.

This map is just one representation of other map sources that are available for describing Aboriginal Australia.

This map indicates only the general location of larger groupings of people which may include smaller groups such as clans, dialects or individual languages in a group. Boundaries are not intended to be exact. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and not those of AIATSIS. For more information about the groups of people in a particular region contact the relevant land councils.

NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN NATIVE TITLE AND OTHER LAND CLAIMS.

Language resource links provided by Aboriginal Languages of Australia Virtual Library, Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre & Victorian Aboriginal Corporation For Languages