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| Yued people | |
|---|---|
| Group | Yued people |
| Regions | Western Australia |
| Languages | Western Desert language? |
| Related | Noongar peoples |
Yued people The Yued people are an Indigenous Australian group of the southwest of Western Australia associated historically with coastal and inland areas north of Perth. They form one of the regional groups often described within the broader Noongar cultural complex and have ongoing connections to places such as Moore River, Lancelin, Ledge Point and Jurien Bay. Yued identity intersects with contemporary institutions, native title claims, and heritage processes involving bodies like the National Native Title Tribunal and the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021.
The Yued have ancestral ties across the mid-west coastal plain and hinterland including sites around Gingin, Guilderton, Moore River Native Settlement, Lancelin Island and Jurien Bay Marine Park. Their traditional custodianship was documented in early contact reports by explorers such as George Grey and settlers associated with the Swan River Colony. Yued connections to songlines and seasonal resources are recorded in accounts linked to institutions such as the Western Australian Museum and oral histories preserved by organizations like the Noongar Boodjar Language Cultural Aboriginal Corporation.
Yued speech historically belonged to varieties aligned with the Noongar language continuum, showing affinities with dialects used around Perth, Gingin, and Geraldton. Linguists and anthropologists from institutions such as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and scholars publishing via the University of Western Australia have analyzed Yued lexical items alongside neighbouring tongues documented by D. B. Chatwin and Norman Tindale. Language revival initiatives have involved collaborations with the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council and community language workers engaged with projects funded through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
Yued traditional country embraces coastal waters and inland plains, incorporating seasonal camps, freshwater sources at sites like Moore River, and shellfish and fish grounds around Jurien Bay Marine Park and Hutt Lagoon. Resource use included harvesting from sites later impacted by pastoral leases, sandalwood removal tied to trade routes documented in archives related to Fremantle and supply chains that linked to ports like Geraldton. Sacred and ceremonial locales correlate with features such as dunes near Lancelin, freshwater springs catalogued in records held by the State Library of Western Australia, and songline pathways referenced in legal affidavits lodged with the Federal Court of Australia.
Traditional social structures incorporated kin groups, moiety rules and exchange networks comparable to those among neighbouring Noongar groups recorded by ethnographers associated with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and researchers from the Australian National University. Cultural expression included corroboree, dance and narrative traditions performed at sites later recorded in the archives of the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Centre and documented by filmmakers connected to the Australian Screen collection. Yued material culture encompassed tools and fishing technology relevant to coastal life, and ceremonial protocols observed at places like Moore River Native Settlement and gatherings later described in oral histories collected by the Noongar Land Council.
Contact with European explorers, settlers and colonial administrations linked Yued country to events centered on the Swan River Colony and the expansion of pastoralism in Western Australia. Missions and settlements such as the Moore River Native Settlement and institutions administered under laws like the Aborigines Act 1905 (WA) profoundly affected Yued families through policies enforced by authorities in Perth and regional offices in Geraldton. Resistance, adaptation and advocacy by community figures intersected with broader campaigns led by organizations including the Aboriginal Advancement Council and activists associated with national movements such as the Aborigines Progressive Association.
Yued communities have engaged in native title processes before tribunals and courts including filings managed via the National Native Title Tribunal and determinations in the Federal Court of Australia. Land use negotiations have involved the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, heritage assessments under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) and contemporary protections under the Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021. Outcomes have affected development proposals linked to local councils such as the Shire of Gingin and resource projects operating near sites like Jurien Bay and infrastructure corridors examined by the Environmental Protection Authority (Western Australia).
Contemporary Yued governance and community institutions work with bodies including the Noongar Boodjar Language Cultural Aboriginal Corporation, the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council and regional health and education providers in Perth and the mid-west. Community priorities encompass cultural heritage management in consultation with the Western Australian Museum, land and sea country management in partnership with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and legal representation through firms and advocacy networks appearing before the Federal Court of Australia and the National Native Title Tribunal. Cultural revival, language programs and economic initiatives often intersect with tourism in areas like Jurien Bay and collaborative conservation work with agencies such as the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Category:Noongar people