The Pini or Nana, or more specifically the Birniridjara, also spelt Piniridjara and Biniridjara, are an
Aboriginal Australian
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people of
Western Australia
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.
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Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
estimated Pini tribal lands to have encompassed approximately , west of
Lake Carnegie
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and the ephemeral
Lake Wells
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to its south. The land took in
Erlistoun Creek and
Lake Darlot
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. Their northern frontier ran as far as Wongawol and Princes Range
Alternative names
* ''Piniiri''
* ''Piniridjara, Biniridjara''
* ''Pandjanu, Bandjanu'' (a toponym referring to what is known now as Bandya Station)
* ''Banjanu''
* ''Tjubun''
* ''Madutjara''. (
Nangatadjara
The Nangatadjara are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia.
Country
Nangatadjara lands encompassed, according to Tindale, approximately . Their north-northeastern extension touched the Bailey, Virginia and Newland Ranges. They r ...
exonym
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).
* ''Jabura''. (
Tjalkadjara
The Tjalkadjara or Tjalkanti were an indigenous Australian tribe of Western Australia.
Country
The Tjalkadjara's tribal homelands lay northeast of Laverton as far as Lake Throssell. Their confines were in the vicinity of Darlot to the west, and ...
exonym meaning "northerners.")
* ''Birni''
* ''Buranudjara''. (?)
* ''Nangaritjara'' (Tjalkadjara term for their language)
* ''Wordako''. (apparently indicating the language of the Lake Darlot people).
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Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia