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Traditional Owner Groups

• Warrwa
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  Warrwa

  Description

  The Warrwa community is a group of people who share the Karmulinunga Reserve area of Derby. They are the Registered Claimants of the Mowadjalla Gajidgar claim over Point Torment area.
• Bardi
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  Bardi

  Description

  The Bardi people, also spelt Baada or Baardi and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people, living north of Broome and inhabiting parts of the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
• Jawi
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  Jawi

  Description

  The Jawi people, also spelt Djaui, Djawi, and other alternative spellings, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, who speak the Jawi dialect.
• Ngarinyin
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  Ngarinyin

  Description

  The Ngarinyin or Ngarinjin are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
• Worrorra
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  Worrorra

  Description

  The Worrorra, also written Worora, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley area of north-western Australia.
• Nyikina
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  Nyikina

  Description

  The Nyikina people (also spelt Nyigina and Nyikena, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
• Mangala
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  Mangala

  Description

  The Mangarla, or Mangala, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia. The Mangarla people traditionally lived in the north-western area of the Great Sandy Desert, west of the Karajarri people, east of the Walmajarri, with the Juwaliny and Yulparija to the south.
• Unggumi
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  Unggumi

  Description

  The Unggumi, also written Ongkomi, are an indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australian.
• Bunuba
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  Bunuba

  Description

  Bunuba country extends from the township of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia north along the Fitzroy River to Jijidu (Dimond Gorge), and follows Miluwindi (King Leopold Ranges) to Napier Range in the west
• Walmajarri
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  Walmajarri

  Description

  The Walmadjari (Walmajarri) people, also known as Tjiwaling and Wanaseka, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
• Kija
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  Kija

  Description

  Gija, also spelt Gidja and Kija, alternatively known as the Lungga, refers to Aboriginal Australians from the East Kimberley area of Western Australia, about 200 km south of Kununurra.
• Gooniyandi
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  Gooniyandi

  Description

  The Gooniyandi, also known as the Konejandi, are an indigenous Australian people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
• Oogardang
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  Oogardang

  Description

  The Oogardang people traditionally occupied lands in and around the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley.
• Oomeday
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  Oomeday

  Description

  The Oomeday people traditionally occupied lands in and around the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley.
• Yow Jabi
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  Yow Jabi

  Description

  The Yow Jabi people traditionally occupied lands in and around the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley.
• Wangkatjunka
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  Wangkatjunka

  Description

  The Wangkatjunka people traditionally occupied lands in and around the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley.