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Also known as Nyungar, Nyungah, Noonga, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Noongar

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17 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Language
  • Ecological context
  • History of contact
  • Culture
  • Noongar ecology
  • Regions
  • Seasons
  • Native title
  • Economics
  • Current issues
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|300px|Noongar groups

The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast. There are 14 different groups in the Noongar cultural bloc: Amangu, Ballardong, Yued, Kaneang, Koreng, Mineng, Njakinjaki, Njunga, Pibelmen, Pindjarup, Wadandi, Whadjuk, Wiilman and Wudjari. The Noongar people refer to their land as .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Noongar people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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