The Kaneang are an indigenous
Noongar
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people of the south west region of
Western Australia
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.
Country
The Kaneang traditional lands enclosed some of territory. On the
Upper Blackwood River. The eastern boundary was formed by the line that runs from
Katanning,
Tambellup,
Cranbrook, and
Tenterden
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Geography
Tenterden is connected to Kent's county town of Maidstone by the A262 road an ...
. Kaneang lands took in
Kojonup,
Qualeup,
Donnybrook,
Greenbushes
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History
Greenbushes was founded as a mining town in 1888 following a surveyor's discovery of tin in 1886. Greenbushes w ...
and
Bridgetown
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. They camped around the headwaters of both the
Warren
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* Warren (burrow), a network dug by rabbits
* Warren (name), a given name and a surname, including lists of persons so named
Warren may also refer to:
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* Warren (biogeographic region)
* War ...
and
Frankland rivers and along the southern bank of the
Collie River
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The Collie River was named by Lieutenant Governor Stirling after Alexander Collie who, along with Lieutenant William Preston, in November 1829 was the first European ...
as far as
Collie
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.
Alternative names
* Kunjung/Kunyung (
Koreng
The Koreng, also spelled Goreng, are an indigenous Noongar people of south-west of Western Australia.
Language
''Koreng'' belonged to the Nyungic language family, and, specifically, the Koreng appear to have spoken the Wilmun dialect of Nyun ...
exonym
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)
* Kadbaranggara (
Wiilman
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exonym from ''ka:la'', "fire")
* Jabururu (
Menang word meaning "northerners")
* Yobberore
* Uduc-Harvey tribe
* Kaleap (
toponym
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)
* Qualeup, Qualup, Quailup
* Waal
Some words
* (farther)
* (mother)
* (kangaroo)
* (emu)
* (tame dog)
* (wild dog)
* (white man)
* (children)
* (good)
* (bad)
Notes
Citations
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