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Yawuru Language: Place Names
janyjagurdiny Thangoo
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yardugarra Country west of Thangoo.
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jambarr'nganyjal Country around Yardoogarra outstation.
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mararr A long coastal sandhill, southwest of Thangoo, northwest of Yardugarra.
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yarlanbarnan A corroboree ground south of Mararr sand hill.
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mankalagun Crab Creek (actually an island with water hole on Crab Creek).
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nurlungku A waterhole northwest of Man'galagun Island; very important tribal meeting place.
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lirrigun An island (hill) on the Fishermen's Bend; the last ceremonial ground for the Yawuru people.
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kanin An island (hill) on the Broome side of Lirigun across a small tidal channel.
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wunguniyangurru The Three Sisters, two (used to be three) standing rocks on a beach east of Bugawamba.
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bukawamba A Stony beach with a big rock, east of Lirrigun.
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rubibi Kennedy Hill, or Broome in general.
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minnyirr Gantheaume Point.
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    This list was compiled by K. Hosokawa with the help of Mrs Thelma Saddler of Broome in 1986.