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Kaniyang is a clan of the Noongar Nation
of the southwest of Western Australian
Southwest. The clan’s area is situated on
the upper Blackwood River east to a line
joining Katanning, Tambellup, Cranbrook
and Tenterden; at Kojonup, Collie, Qualeup,
Donnybrook, Greenbushes, Bridgetown
through to the headwaters of Warren and
Frankland rivers, the south bank of Collie
River to Collie and west to the coast as far as
Harvey.
“The Blackwood River starts at the
Moordiyarap Lake and runs into Frankland
River then into the Blackwood River and into
the ocean at Augusta”. Angus Wallam 2006
Kaniyang people speak the southwestern
dialect, Kongal-marawar, of the Noongar
language. The people are mostly non-fluent
speakers who have a partial or passive
understanding of the language.
Sporadic language recording and analysis
was undertaken by pastoralists and linguists
in years gone by. However, further research
continues to retrieve and develop a substantial
database of the language and all clans of the
Southwest. A recent publication in 2009 was
based around the Blackwood River in the
form of a Dreamtime Story. Further research
continues to retrieve and develop a substantial
database of the language and all clans of the
Southwest.
Kaniyang’s AIATSIS code is W4.
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