Djaberadjabera

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The Djaberadjabera, also written Jabirrjabirr, [1] were an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

Western Australia state in Australia

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The Djaberadjabera held, according to Norman Tindale's estimation, some 800 square miles (2,100 km2) of tribal land on the western side of the Dampier Peninsula. From the coastal area of Sandy Point at Beagle Bay, their territory went south as far as Cape Bertholet. Their inland extension was about 30 miles. [2]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Dampier Peninsula locality in Western Australia

The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula located north of Broome and Roebuck Bay in Western Australia. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and north, and King Sound to the east. It is named after the mariner and explorer William Dampier who visited it. The northernmost part of the peninsula is Cape Leveque.

Beagle Bay Community, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Beagle Bay is a medium-sized Aboriginal community on the western side of the Dampier Peninsula, north of Broome.

Running clockwise, their neighbours were, to the north, the Nyulnyul, the Warrwa on their eastern flank, the Nimanburu southeast, and the Ngombal to their south. [1] [3]

The Nyulnyul are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

The Warrwa are an indigenous Australian people of Western Australia.

History of contact

By 1953 only 5 members of the tribe were still known to survive, and in 1974 Tindale stated that they were virtually extinct. [2]

Alternative names

Mangala Planet Mars, also a Hindu deity

Mangala is the name for Mars, the red planet, in Hindu texts. Also known as Lohit, he is born from Shiva's sweat or blood drop. also he is the god of war, celibate and sometimes linked to god Karttikeya (Skanda). His origins vary with different mythological texts; in some, he is the son of Bhumi, the Earth Goddess and Vishnu, born when he raised her from the depths of water during the time of the Varaha avatar.

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