The Waljen are an
indigenous people
Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...
of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
, in the
Goldfields-Esperance area.
Country
The Waljen lands 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 covered roughly , taking in the area of Lake Raeside, and extending from
Malcolm
Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to:
People
* Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Clan Malcolm
* Maol Choluim de Innerpeffray, 14th-century bishop-elect of Dunkeld
Nobility
* Máe ...
,
Morgans,
Laverton, and
Burtville. Their southeastern boundary was around
Edjudina Soaks. They were also present around Lake Lightfoot and at
Lake Carey
Lake Carey is a salt lake located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It was named in 1869 by surveyor John Forrest in company with Tommy Windich, after Thomas Campbell Carey, the government surveyor to whom Forrest had ...
. Their eastern extension lay beyond Lake Minigwal. In the latter context, their traditional lore also speaks of an important site, not identified, called ''Winbalj.''.
History
The Waljen seemed to have shifted southwestward towards the end of the 19th century, and by the 1890s they had reached the area south of
Kalgoorlie.
Alternative name
* ''Koara.''
* ''Wonggai-juŋara.''('aggressive men/usurpers'), an
exonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...
used of them by the
Maduwongga
The Maduwongga (Martu Wangka) are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Language
The language spoken by the Maduwongga was called Kabal.
Country
In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Maduwongga ...
and
Kalamaia.
Notes
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Goldfields-Esperance