AUSTRALIAN TRIBAL NAMES, WITH THEIR 

 SYNONYMS. 



Compiled from Ethnographical Works in the Australian 

 Museum Library, 1909. 



By W. W. Thorpe, Ethnologist. 



I. — Introduction. 



This compilation was originally intended as a hand-list for 

 personal reference, to enable the writer to see at a glance the 

 approximate, if not the definite, locality of any given Tribe, 

 "without having to search through the literature of the subject. 



As the title implies, the matter was derived from Ethno- 

 graphical works in the Australian Museum Library, but to these 

 are added, or interpolated, a few obtained from other reliable 

 sources. A Bibliography of the works consulted is given at 

 the end. 



As to Synonyms : — The writer has tried to make cross- 

 references to obviously identical Tribes. In this connection,^ 

 the various phonetic interpretations placed upon tribal names 

 by different authorities, resulting in many spellings of the same 

 word or words, are remarkable. Although upwards of six 

 hundred names are in the list, the synonymy would reduce it by 

 ten or fifteen per cent. 



Owing: to a fire at the printer's the iss«e of this 

 part has been delayed. It now contains title pagfe and 

 indices and completes Vol. VIII. 



