The ethnonym is formed from the word for man, djere.[1]Norman Tindale maintained that the Djilamatang were exterminated by other Aboriginal groups "in post-European times".[2] He places them in the northeast corner of Victoria, "west of Mount Kosciuszko on the upper headwaters of the Murray River", but the words he quotes (waananga, meaning "no" and djere. "man") as belonging to this group are in fact, according to Barry Blake, Pallanganmiddang and since there is no independent testimony for the Djilamatang lexicon, it is reasonable to surmise that this group spoke a tongue similar to Dhudhuroa.[3]
Countryedit
Area 1,500 sq. m. west of Mount Kosciuszko and on the upper headwaters of the Murray River. They appear to have been exterminated in a period of tribal conflict in the Albury area after white settlement had begun to affect the region. It was then that their traditional enemies, the Jaitmathang, Walgalu, and Ngarigo forged a pact or mutual alliance to get rid of their common enemy.[2]
Peopleedit
Norman Tindale classified the Djilamatang as probably constituting a distinct tribal unity, though he noted that Alfred William Howitt considered them to be a horde of the Jaitmathang.[1] Recently, Ian Clark has argued that the bare 5 sources used by Tindale to make this inference, the first dating from 1860 do not support his conclusion.[4]
Lifestyleedit
When the Bogong moth began to proliferate, the Djilamatang, together with several other tribes of the region, such as the Dhudhuroa, the Jaitmathang, the Ngarigo, the Ngunawal and the Minjambuta (postulated by Dr Ian Clark to be a Wiradjuri exonym for Pallanganmiddang[5]) entered into negotiation to settle outstanding disputes, and meet up to engage in rites of transit on the territories, and trade, in order to collectively forage in the Bogong areas to hunt the moth. These multitribal assemblies were often as large as 700 people, and coincided with bora ceremonial rituals and corroborees to initiate the young men.[6]
^Clark, Ian, 'Aboriginal languages in North-east Victoria – the status of "Waveru" reconsidered', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, 2011, Vol. 14(4): 2-22
Clark, Ian D (2009). "Dhudhuroa and Yaithmathang languages and social groups in north-east Victoria – a reconstruction". Aboriginal History. 33: 201–229. JSTOR 24046829.
djilamatang, were, thought, distinct, indigenous, australian, people, state, victoria, australia, this, recently, been, questioned, clark, contents, language, country, people, lifestyle, alternative, names, notes, citations, sourceslanguage, editthe, ethnonym,. The Djilamatang were thought to be a distinct Indigenous Australian people of the state of Victoria Australia This has recently been questioned by Ian Clark Contents 1 Language 2 Country 3 People 4 Lifestyle 5 Alternative names 6 Notes 6 1 Citations 7 SourcesLanguage editThe ethnonym is formed from the word for man djere 1 Norman Tindale maintained that the Djilamatang were exterminated by other Aboriginal groups in post European times 2 He places them in the northeast corner of Victoria west of Mount Kosciuszko on the upper headwaters of the Murray River but the words he quotes waananga meaning no and djere man as belonging to this group are in fact according to Barry Blake Pallanganmiddang and since there is no independent testimony for the Djilamatang lexicon it is reasonable to surmise that this group spoke a tongue similar to Dhudhuroa 3 Country editArea 1 500 sq m west of Mount Kosciuszko and on the upper headwaters of the Murray River They appear to have been exterminated in a period of tribal conflict in the Albury area after white settlement had begun to affect the region It was then that their traditional enemies the Jaitmathang Walgalu and Ngarigo forged a pact or mutual alliance to get rid of their common enemy 2 People editNorman Tindale classified the Djilamatang as probably constituting a distinct tribal unity though he noted that Alfred William Howitt considered them to be a horde of the Jaitmathang 1 Recently Ian Clark has argued that the bare 5 sources used by Tindale to make this inference the first dating from 1860 do not support his conclusion 4 Lifestyle editWhen the Bogong moth began to proliferate the Djilamatang together with several other tribes of the region such as the Dhudhuroa the Jaitmathang the Ngarigo the Ngunawal and the Minjambuta postulated by Dr Ian Clark to be a Wiradjuri exonym for Pallanganmiddang 5 entered into negotiation to settle outstanding disputes and meet up to engage in rites of transit on the territories and trade in order to collectively forage in the Bogong areas to hunt the moth These multitribal assemblies were often as large as 700 people and coincided with bora ceremonial rituals and corroborees to initiate the young men 6 Alternative names editWaananga Their word for no 2 Notes editCitations edit a b Tindale 1974 a b c Tindale 1974 pp 203 204 Blake amp Reid 1999 p 17 Clark 2009 p 216 Clark Ian Aboriginal languages in North east Victoria the status of Waveru reconsidered Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues 2011 Vol 14 4 2 22 Slattery 2015 pp 121 125 Sources editBlake Barry J Reid Julie 1999 Pallanganmiddang a language of the Upper Murray Aboriginal History 23 15 31 JSTOR 24046758 Clark Ian D 2009 Dhudhuroa and Yaithmathang languages and social groups in north east Victoria a reconstruction Aboriginal History 33 201 229 JSTOR 24046829 Slattery Deirdre 2015 Australian Alps Kosciuszko Alpine and Namadgi National Parks Csiro Publishing ISBN 978 1 486 30172 0 Tindale Norman Barnett 1974 Djilamatang VIC Aboriginal Tribes of Australia Their Terrain Environmental Controls Distribution Limits and Proper Names ANU Press ISBN 978 0 708 10741 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Djilamatang amp oldid 1153599730, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
