Where are the Noongar located?
of Western Australia
Noongar means ‘a person of the south-west of Western Australia,’ or the name for the ‘original inhabitants of the south-west of Western Australia’ and we are one of the largest Aboriginal cultural blocks in Australia.
What Aboriginal land is WA on?
Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Pinjarup dialectal groups. The major cities and towns within the Whajuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow.
Is it Whadjuk Noongar or Noongar Whadjuk?
Whadjuk, alternatively Witjari, are a Noongar (Aboriginal Australian) people of the Western Australian region of the Perth bioregion of the Swan Coastal Plain.
What area does Noongar cover?
Western Australia
The Noongar (/ˈnʊŋɑː/, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, Yunga) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.
What percentage of WA is Aboriginal?
4%
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 4% of the Western Australian (WA) population [1]. Almost 13% of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in WA.
What Aboriginal land is Rockingham WA?
Nyoongar people
The City of Rockingham respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which Rockingham stands today, the Nyoongar people. The City pays its respects to their elders both past and present.
What area is wurundjeri?
The Wurundjeri are an Australian Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They occupied the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley before British settlement of the area, around the present location of Melbourne, and were called the Yarra tribe by the settlers.
Where do most Aboriginals live in WA?
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Western Australians the distribution is quite different, with the greatest proportions living in the Kimberley (over 40%), Pilbara (almost 15%) Gascoyne (almost 15%), Goldfields-Esperance (10%) and Mid West (10%).