Ninanu (WA)

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Location: On Lyons and North Lyons rivers west to near Mount Phillips and to Peedawarra Bluff; east to eastern end of Teano Range; south to about Mount Augustus. Von Brandenstein (1965 MS) has heard of another tribal name on the Lyons River, Ngaunmardi, centered on Dooley Downs; these are probably one people since my informants stressed the Ninanu were at Dooley. They practice both circumcision and subincision.

Co-ordinates: 117°20'E x 24°10'S

Area: 4,500 sq. m. (11,700 sq. km.)

References: Brandenstein, 1965 MS; Tindale, 1966 MS.

Alternative Names: ? Ngaunmardi.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/27 - 'Journal of a trip to Western Australia in search of Tribal Data by Norman B. Tindale 1966'.

Item AA 338/15/166 - Map showing language groups in the west of Western Australia, compiled by C. G. von Brandenstein

Item AA 338/18/16 - Hamersley Range (3229)

Item AA 338/18/31 - Meekatharra (3346)