Kalamaia facts for kids
The Kalamaia are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, Kalamaia lands stretched over some 33,900 square miles (88,000 km2). Their eastward extension ran to Bullabulling, while the northern boundaries lay around Youanmi, Lake Barlee, and Pigeon Rocks. To the west, their frontier was in the areas covered by Burracoppin, Mukinbudin, Kalannie, and Lake Moore. Their southern flank went to Mount Holland in the Parker Range. A term Jawan is applied to northwestern portions of tribe from. These lands included places like Boorabbin and Southern Cross.
Alternative names
- Ka'la:mai, Kalamaya, Kalamai
- Kaprun
- Jungaa (meaning "men")
- Jungal
- Yungar, Youngar, Youngal
- Takalako (Njakinjaki exonym)
- Njindango
- Natingero
- Jawan (term used of Kalamaia clans north of Mukinbudin)
- Jaburu ("north")
- Yabro
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