RECORDING TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE O r ... - Wheatbelt NRM

Gubbrun (Refer to Map on page 19).
Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, 1974)
(This information is reproduced from N.B Tindale's
The focus for the Avon Catchment Council relates to Indigenous knowledge for the themes of
Water, Fire, Biodiversity and Land.
‘will you walk with us, respect us, and listen to us”? If you will,
together we may make the progress so many people have been
seeking for so long’. (Ballardong Natural Resource Management
Working Group)
(*Note: there are several ways of spelling the word Noongar. This version has been adopted
by the Ballardong Natural Resource Management Working Group.)
A number of different language variations occur amongst the Balardong, Juat, Kaneang,
Koreng, Minang, Njakinjaki, Pibelmen, Pindjarup, Wardandi, Whadjuck, Wiilman and
Wudjari in the southwest of Western Australia (Tindale 1974; Douglas 1976). There are even
variations in the spelling of the word which include Nyungar, Noongar, Nyoongar,
Nyoongah, Wargle, Waakle, Warrgul or Woggal (the Noongar Rainbow Snake).
This variation reflects both regional dialect differences as well as an attempt by groups in
these areas to retain, in a modern Australian society, a sense of independence and
difference within. Therefore, the authors acknowledge that writing Nyungar language has
been somewhat difficult because of the different ways the words have been spelt over the
course of time.
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