The Inawongga were an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...
people of the
Pilbara region of
Western Australia
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.
Country
The Inawongga, in
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 ...
's estimation, had about of tribal territory, living in the area around the
Hardey River
The Hardey River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise at Tom Price in the Hamersley Range and flow in a westerly direction. The river travels almost parallel with the Nanutarra- Wittenoom Roa ...
and as far south as
Rocklea
Rocklea is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rocklea had a population of 1,595 people.
Geography
Rocklea is located 9 kilometres south of the city. The west of the suburb is bordered by the Oxley Creek. The ...
. Their southeastern extension ran along the
upper Ashburton River from Turee Creek to the
Angelo River, and north of
Mount Vernon Station.
Running clockwise from due north, their neighbours were the
Kurrama to their northwest, the
Panyjima north-northeast, the
Mandara due east, the
Ngarlawongga to their southeast, the
Ninanu
The Ninanu were an Aboriginal Australian people of the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Ninanu's tribal lands covered roughly on both the Lyons and North Lyons rivers, extending west as far as the ...
directly south and the
Tjururo on their western flank.
Alternative spelling
* ''Inawangga.''
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Pilbara