The Kaneang are an indigenous

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people of the south west region of

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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

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. Kaneang lands took in Kojonup, Qualeup, Donnybrook,

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and

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. They camped around the headwaters of both the

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and Frankland rivers and along the southern bank of the

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as far as

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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 Nyung ...

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) * Kadbaranggara (

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exonym from ''ka:la'', "fire") * Jabururu (

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word meaning "northerners") * Yobberore * Uduc-Harvey tribe * Kaleap (

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) * Qualeup, Qualup, Quailup * Waal

Some words

* (farther) * (mother) * (kangaroo) * (emu) * (tame dog) * (wild dog) * (white man) * (children) * (good) * (bad)

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* * * * * * * * {{Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia Great Southern (Western Australia) Noongar