Wiyabal

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The Wiyabal (also Widjabal, possibly from confusion of the letter <j> in the older spelling Wijabal) are an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales.

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Country

Norman Tindale assigned the Widyabal about 600 square miles (1,600 km2) of territory on the Upper Richmond River, running south from Kyogle to the area in the vicinity of Casino, with their eastern limits at Dunoon. [1]

Alternative names

Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 200

Some words

Source: Edwards 1887 , p. 288

Notes

    Citations

    1. Tindale 1974, p. 200.

    Sources

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