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Introduction
Most of the recording of the languages of this area has been done by Brandenstein. His reports and diaries outline the linguistic situation and his grammatical sketch of Ngatjumaya is the most detailed record of a language of the area. The rest of the works listed below deal with the same geographical area but it is unclear which language they record.
Because of the lack of information about these languages Morphy concludes that an accurate picture of the original pre-contact goldfields language situation will never be known.
Douglas reports the language Kwetjman for which nothing else is known.
Brandenstein reports the following languages/dialects for this area; Miningj, Marlba, Fraser Range, Norseman, Windaga, Kallaargu.
General Work
Bates, D.M. (1927a) 'Eucla passes', p.198 in the Australasian, 16 July 1927.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.76) Native vocabularies - Miscellaneous, typescript copy of MS, Section 12, ANL-MS365-39/242-279.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.136) Social organisation - Relationship terms, typescript copy of MS, Section 3, ANL-MS365-14/2-111.
Bates, D.M. (n.d.148) Songs, dances, etc. - Western Australia, typescript copy of MS, Section 11, ANL-MS365-34/2-135.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1969d) Report on fieldwork, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1969g) The diaries of C.G. von Brandenstein, 1964-1969, MS.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1970a) Interim report on linguistic fieldwork, July-August 1970, ts.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1970b) 'Linguistic salvage work on the Eastern Goldfields and the South Coast of Western Australia' pp.45-49 in Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research No.12.
Brandenstein, C.G. von (1982a) Eighty-eight grammar text sheets, exemplifying grammatical, lexical and phraseological diversities as well as links of 25 Aboriginal languages from Western Australia, ts.
Garnier, J. (1902-03) 'Vocabulaire des indigènes de l'Australie occidentale', pp.247- 251 in Société Neuchâteloise de Géographie, Bulletin 14.
Helms, R. (1896) 'Anthropology', pp.237-332 in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Vol.16.
Howitt, A.W. (n.d.a) Native vocabulary of Eucla, Western Australia, MS.
Mathew, J. (1899) Eaglehawk and crow, Melville, Mullen and Slade, Melbourne.
Mathews, R.H. (1901) 'Some Aboriginal tribes of Western Australia', pp.217-222 in Royal Society of New South Wales, Journal and Proceedings, Vol.35.
Mathews, R.H. (1909) 'Folklore notes from Western Australia', pp.340-342 in Folklore, Vol.20.
Morphy, F. (1985) Working notes on Western Australian languages. Part of an ARGS project directed by R.M.W. Dixon.
O'Grady, G.N. (1959) Significance of the circumcision boundary in Western Australia, BA thesis, University of Sydney.
O'Grady, G.N. and T.J. Klokeid (1969) 'Australian linguistic classification: a plea for co-ordination of effort', pp.298-311 in Oceania, Vol.39, no.4.
O'Grady, G.N., C.F. Voegelin and F.M. Voegelin (1966) 'Languages of the world: Indo-Pacific fascicle 6', pp.1-197 in Anthropological Linguistics, Vol.8, no.2.
Taylor, C. (1886) 'Vocabulary no.33, From Doubtful Bay to Israelite Bay: the Ngokgurring or shell people', pp.392-393 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Wells, L.A. (1893) 'Vocabularies of words and phrases with translations', pp.192-207 in Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition.
Williams, W. (1886a) 'Vocabulary no.34, Eyre's Sand Patch: Wonunda Meening tribe', pp.394-399 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Williams, W. (1886b) 'Vocabulary no. 35, Eucla: the Yircla Meening tribe', pp.400-406 in E.M. Curr, The Australian race, Vol.1.
Young, M. and N. Thieberger (1987) Transcripts and audiotapes from Norseman and Coolgardie (ts and audiotape).