... originally located on the shores of Anson Bay...south of the mouth of the Daly River... opposite the Peron Islands, are Wajiginy camp-sites (Ford 1990).

According to Batjamalh speakers, Wadjiginy territory was originally located on the shores of Anson Bay. Agnes Lippo and Kitty Moffat confirmed that Banakula and Banagaya, south of the mouth of the Daly River, and Dirrktirrk, Nyikmingguny, Balgal, Kadjaluik, Bananggurini, and Budjut opposite the Peron Islands, are Wadjiginy camp-sites (Ford 1997).

In the earliest written reference to the Wadjiginy, dated 1874, surveyors exploring the hinterland of Darwin for the Overland Telegraphy route note that 'the Waggites are located to the westward, about Anson's Bay' (Wildey 1876:115).

The 'Wangites' Reserve, proclaimed in 1892, granted the Wadjiginy title to 288 sq. miles between the Finnis and Daly Rivers (South Australian Government Gazette, 1892, cited in NLC 1979:140).

Father McKillop of the Uniya Mission knew the 'Wogites' as 'a powerful tribe' with land on the left bank of the Daly (McKillop 1893:254).

Parkhouse (1895:634) described them as 'westerly neighbours' of the Larakiya, beyond Shaol Bay.

In 1894, Knut Dahl explored the Daly with a 'Wogait' guide. Dahl recalls the 'Wogait' as 'a tribe entirely different from the Valli Valli (Daly) people' and 'Wogait' territory as 'a very extensive coast area, reaching from the mouth of the Daly almost to Port Darwin' (Dahl 1927:15, 128).

Basedow (1907:2) locates the 'Wogait' to the west of the 'Larrekiya', from the Finniss River to Cape Ford.

Stanner (1933:387) refers to them as 'a tribe which once lived in the Anson Bay district' (Ford 1997).

Batjamalh is the language of the Wadjiginy people whose country traditionally extends from Point Blaze, at the southern end of Fog Bay, to the mouth of the Daly River, including Channel Point, the Reynolds River estuary and mouth, and the northern part of Anson Bay (Green & Nordlinger).