(toggle)The name of the dialectal group from the Moora area, stretching to the coast of Western Australia. To the east of Yued is Ballardong and to south are Whadjuk dialectal groups.

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(toggle)The name of the dialectal group from Perth. Whadjuk is situated beneath Yued and above the Pinjarup dialectal groups.

(toggle)A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no-one' or 'over which no-one claims ownership'. The concept is related to the legal acceptance of occupation, as an original means of peacefully acquiring territory. However, a fundamental condition of a valid occupation is that the territory should belong [..]

(toggle)Originating from the 1905 Act, which gave the Chief Protector of Aborigines the power to manage Aboriginal people's finances and property without their permission. The money was kept in trust by the government, and to this day, many Noongars and other Indigenous people have not received their wages.NB. On 6th March, 2012 the West Austr [..]

(toggle)Areas of land reserved by the Crown in the 19th and early twentieth century for Aboriginal people to live and camp. It was also a way of the government controlling their movements. Much of this land was later taken again from Aboriginal people (see Lost Lands report, DIA). Until the 1970s, the remaining reserves were administered and contro [..]

(toggle)The policy of separating one group of people from another, as in racial segregation separating black from white. The 1905 Act enforced policies of segregation on Noongar people.

(toggle)A social theory which dominated the late 19th and early 20th century. The theory assumes that the less evolved cultural groups in the world were predestined to die out due to their decreased ability to cope with a changing environment. This was seen as a variation on Charles Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theory. However, [..]

(toggle)A social theory which dominated the late 19th and early 20th century. The theory assumes that the less evolved cultural groups in the world were predestined to die out due to their decreased ability to cope with a changing environment. This was seen as a variation on Charles Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' theory. However, [..]

(toggle)The name for the Aboriginal people of the south-west of Western Australia.