Ballardong
Ballardong are an indigenous Noongar people of the south western area of Western Australia. Country The Ballardong's land encompasses an estimated . Northwards they occupy the Avon River. From the east of York they extend to Tammin, Kununoppin, Waddouring Hill, Bencubbin, Toodyay, Goomalling, and the Wongan Hills. On their southern flank lays Pingelly and Wickepin. Their western frontier is at the Darling Scarp. Economy The Ballardong engaged in mining, quarrying stones to be shaped and sharpened for knives and multibarbed spears at Kalannie Boyangoora, Booyungur. Alternative names Balardong Balladong, Ballardon Ballerdokking Boijangura, Boyangoora, Booyungur (hill people) Maiawongi (language name) Minang ("south", used by the Kalamaia of the Ballardong and other southern tribes' languages), Boyangoora, Booyungur Mudila, Mudilja, Mudi:a (general Kalamaia exonym for the Ballardong and other uncircumcised tribes to their southwest). Toode-nunjer (a coastal exonym for the Ballardong, properly, Tu:denyunga (Toodyay men)) Waljuk Warranger Warrangul, Warrangle ("koala country". This ethnonym was also applied to the Koreng) Language chungar (Brown man) doorda (tame dog) maman (father) unkan (mother) yockine (wild dog) Source: Notes Citations Sources Noongar