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(toggle)The name of the dialectal group from the Moora area, stretching to the coast of Western Australia. To the east of Yued is Ballardong and to south are Whadjuk dialectal groups.

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(toggle)The name for the group of Aboriginal people who live north of the Geraldton area.

(toggle)The name of the dialectal group from Perth. Whadjuk is situated beneath Yued and above the Pinjarup dialectal groups.

(toggle)The name of the dialectal group from the region of Narrogin to Collie and areas in between.

(toggle)Noongar resistance fighter and leader, born around 1795. Yagan lived around the Swan River and Perth region. He was killed by a young settler in 1833. Yagan was decapitated and his head taken to England as a ‘curiosity’. It was not returned until 1997. Yagan's head was finally buried in 2010 at Upper Swan, followed by a Noongar ceremon [..]

(toggle)Established in 1947, the Coolbaroo Club began as a form of protest against the prejudice towards returned Indigenous soldiers and the restrictions on Noongars entering the Perth area.  The club was a place where Noongars and other people could go to dance and socialize. 'Coolbaroo' is a Yamatji word for magpie, and was used to sym [..]

(toggle)A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no-one' or 'over which no-one claims ownership'. The concept is related to the legal acceptance of occupation, as an original means of peacefully acquiring territory. However, a fundamental condition of a valid occupation is that the territory should belong [..]