Wadjiginy

The Wadjiginy, also referred to historically as the Wogait, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Name

The standard early ethnographic literature referred to the Wadjiginy with numerous variations of the word "Wogait", a term taken to mean "sea folk" by early investigators but which actually covers several tribes such as the Emmiyangal which later research has shown to be imprecise. Their ethnonym is derived from wakatj, a Patjtjamalh term for beach.

Language

The Wadjiginy speak Patjtjamalh.

Country

The Wadjiginy territory was around Anson Bay, from the debouchment of the Daly River northwards as far as Point Blaze, and was estimated by Norman Tindale to range over roughly 200 square miles (520 km²). Their inland extension is estimated at around 20 miles from the coast.

Alternative names

• Amijangal
• Ami
• Worgait, Worgite, Worgaid, Wagait
• Wagaidj, Wagite, Waggait, Waggite
• Waggote, Waggute
• Wagatsch, Wa(o)gatsch
• Wogite
• Wargad. (Murinbata exonym)
• Murinwargad (Murinbata term)..

Sources

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• Ford, Lysbeth Julie (1998). A description of the Emmi language of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Australian National University. {{cite thesis}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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• Stanner, W. E. H. (June 1934). "Ceremonial Economics of the Mulluk Mulluk and Madngella Tribes of the Daly River, North Australia. A Preliminary paper (continued)". Oceania. 4 (4): 458–471. JSTOR 27976164. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wogait (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)