Tindale's preferred name for this group is Atjinuri Y17; he writes the Ulwauwutjana (or Ebawudjena) listed by McConnell may be part of this group; his references include Parry-Okeden 1897; McConnell 1939-1940 and 1950; and Sharp 1950 (1974:164).
... on the headwaters of the Macmillan River, that runs into Temple Bay on the east coast (McConnell 1939-40: 57). South-west of Shellbourne Bay, inland, Q. (Oates & Oates 1970:197, Capell 1963).
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Speaker numbers were measured differently across the censuses and various other sources listed in AUSTLANG. You are encouraged to refer to the sources.
Speaker numbers for ‘NILS 2004’ and ‘2005 estimate’ come from 'Table F.3: Numbers of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages (various surveys)' in 'Appendix F NILS endangerment and absolute number results' in McConvell, Marmion and McNicol 2005, pages 198-230 (PDF, 2.5MB).