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The map shows the relatively small areas occupied by Australian Aboriginal communities along the River Murray in comparison to the larger areas necessary to sustain the people in the dryer, less fertile areas of the state, particularly in the north and west.

Survival in our own land is a book about the Aboriginal people of South Australia written by Themselves. It presents the first 150 years of settlement of South Australia from the point of view of the Aboriginal people, and the effect this settlement had on their lives.

Survival in our own land : 'Aboriginal' experiences in 'South Australia' since 1836. told by Nungas and others ; edited and researched by Christobel Mattingley, co-edited by Ken Hampton. Adelaide: ALDAA in association with Hodder & Stoughton, 1988.

Tindale, Norman B. Aboriginal tribes of Australia : their terrain, environmental controls, distribution, limits and proper names, Canberra : Australian National University Press, 1974

Weir, Jessica. Murray River country : an ecological dialogue with traditional owners, Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2009

Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery: Speaking land. See: Language distribution

Norman B Tindale: South Australian Museum. See: Tribal boundaries