The Mandi, otherwise known as ''Manthi'', were an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people of
Western Australia
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.
Country
Mandi tribal territory encompassed approximately . Its northern frontier was just below
Boolathanna, and from
Carnarvon extended westwards as far as
Doorawarrah
Doorawarrah Station, commonly referred to as Doorawarrah, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about east of Carnarvon and south of Coral Bay in the Gascoyne region. Doorawarrah is boun ...
. It took in the lower
Gascoyne River
The Gascoyne River is a river in the Gascoyne (Western Australia), Gascoyne region of Western Australia. At , it is the longest river in Western Australia.
Description
The Gascoyne River comprises three branches in its upper reaches. Draini ...
area and its swampy tributaries, with the southern boundary around Grey Point.
People
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
defined the Mandi as a distinct tribe. Later work by the area language expert
Peter Austin concluded that Tindale's distinction between the Mandi and the
Tedei
The Tedei, otherwise known as the Thirrily, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia. They are a branch of the Yingkarta.
Country
Tedei land consisted of some extending from the east coast of Shark Bay through to the Wooramel Rive ...
, both of which he regarded as independent tribes, should be reformulated, with the Mandi and Tedei actually representing two branches of the
Yingkarta
The Yingkarta or Yingarda people, also written Inggarda and Ingarda, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Language
Yinggarda was a Kartu language spoken from the coastal area around Carnarvon throu ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Maandi''
* ''Nandu''
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