Ballardong are an indigenous Noongar people of the south western area of Western Australia.
Noongar language groups
The Ballardong's land encompasses an estimated 10,500 square miles (27,000 km 2 ) . 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 lies Pingelly and Wickepin . Their western frontier is at the Darling Scarp .
The Ballardong engaged in mining, quarrying stones to be shaped and sharpened for knives and multibarbed spears at Kalannie .
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"; ethnonym also applied to the Koreng )
chungar (brown man)
doorda (tame dog)
maman (father)
unkan (mother)
yockine (wild dog)
Source: Hackett 1886 , p. 344
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