The '''Noongar''' (alternative spellings: '''Nyungar'''/'''Nyoongar'''/'''Nyoongah'''/'''Nyungah'''/'''Nyugah'''/'''Noonga''')<ref>[http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindale/HDMS/tindaletribes/wudjari.htm Norman Barnett Tindale] South Australia Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2006.</ref> are an [[indigenous Australian]] people who live in the south-west corner of [[Western Australia]] from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] on the west coast to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]] on the south coast. Their country extends from [[Jurien Bay, Western Australia|Jurien Bay]] in the north to the southern coast, and east to [[Ravensthorpe, Western Australia|Ravensthorpe]] and [[Southern Cross, Western Australia|Southern Cross]]. 'Noongar' is also the name for their common language. Their name, in the various original [[dialects]] of the [[Noongar language]] roughly translates as "people". In the south, the spelling 'Noongar' is preferred. {{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} |
The '''Noongar''' (alternative spellings: '''Nyungar'''/'''Nyoongar'''/'''Nyoongah'''/'''Nyungah'''/'''Nyugah'''/'''Noonga''')<ref>[http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindale/HDMS/tindaletribes/wudjari.htm Norman Barnett Tindale] South Australia Museum. Retrieved 20 September 2006.</ref> are an [[indigenous Australian]] people who live in the south-west corner of [[Western Australia]] from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] on the west coast to [[Esperance, Western Australia|Esperance]] on the south coast. Their country extends from [[Jurien Bay, Western Australia|Jurien Bay]] in the north to the southern coast, and east to [[Ravensthorpe, Western Australia|Ravensthorpe]] and [[Southern Cross, Western Australia|Southern Cross]]. 'Noongar' is also the name for their common language. Their name, in the various original [[dialects]] of the [[Noongar language]] roughly translates as "people". In the south, the spelling 'Noongar' is preferred. {{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} |