Returns of Aboriginal Tribes in the Hunter Valley

Returns of Aboriginal Tribes in the Hunter Valley record 232 Aboriginal people: These returns indicate that Aboriginal clan groups are dispersing as members gravitate towards different settlements and homesteads:

74 of the “Yarrundi Tribe” reside at Scone,

5 of the “Nana Tribe” at Murrurundi,

1 of the “Castle Forbes Tribe” at Castle Forbes,

22 of the “Patrick’s Plains Tribe” at Singleton,

16 of the “Falbrook Tribe” at Bridgman,

6 of the Falbrook Tribe” at Tookle,

1 of the Falbrook Tribe” at Carmel,

7 of the Falbrook Tribe at St Clair, 19 of the “Wollumbi Tribe” at Wollumbi,

21 of the “Glen Tribe” at Glendon,

15 of the “Patrick’s Plains Tribe” at Glendon,

15 of the “Patrick’s Plains Tribe” at Dulwich,

15 of the “Patrick’s Plains Tribe” at Patrick’s Plains,

15 of the “Patrick’s Plains Tribe” at Wollombi. (Summary of Blanket List returns, in Lucas 47-48)