The Nhuwala are 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 the
Pilbara
The Pilbara () is a large, dry, sparsely populated regions of Western Australia, region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people; wealth disparity; its ancient landscapes; the prevailing r ...
region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...
.
Language
Where
Nhuwala fits into the classification of
Australian Aboriginal languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...
has not yet been ascertained with absolute certainty due to lack of data, though the working assumption is that it belongs to the
Ngayarta family.
Country
According to
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 ...
, the Nhuwala tribal lands covered an estimated , approximately along the coastal plain, and extending inland some , from the vicinity of
Cape Preston, close to the area where the
Fortescue River
The Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state.
Course
The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30 km south of Newman, Western Austr ...
flows into the Indian Ocean, southwest from
Onslow. The hinterland reaches stopped short of the
Thalanyji territory at the
Ashburton River.
Alternative names
* ''Nuala''
* ''Ngoala''
* ''Noella''
* ''Noanamaronga'' (
Mardudunera exonym
An endonym (also known as autonym ) is a common, name for a group of people, individual person, geographical place, language, or dialect, meaning that it is used inside a particular group or linguistic community to identify or designate them ...
)
* ''Jawanmala'' (
Yindjibarndi exonym, meaning "people downstream")
* ''Nunkaberi''
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