Nyulnyul people

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The Nyulnyul people are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally from the Dampier Peninsula region of Western Australia, with distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to neighboring coastal communities.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nyul Nyul people 2
Nimanburr people 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
areCoastalPeople true
areIncludedIn ethnographic records of the Dampier Peninsula
areIndigenousTo Dampier Peninsula region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
north‑west coast of Western Australia
areMinorityGroupIn Western Australia NERFINISHED
arePartOf Aboriginal peoples of the Kimberley NERFINISHED
First Nations of Australia NERFINISHED
areRecognizedAs Traditional Owners in parts of the Dampier Peninsula
areRecognizedBy Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) NERFINISHED
areSubjectOf anthropological research in the Kimberley region
colonialImpact dispossession of land
disruption of traditional lifeways
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalContinuity maintained through language, ceremony, and connection to country
culturalHeritageStatus protected under Australian heritage and native title laws
culturalLandscape Dampier Peninsula coastal country NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Kimberley region NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Nyulnyul NERFINISHED
haveClanBasedSocialStructure true
haveConnectionToSeaCountry true
haveDistinctCulture true
haveDistinctLanguage true
haveHistoricalTiesWith neighboring coastal communities of Dampier Peninsula
haveOralTraditions true
heritageLanguageStatus endangered
language Nyulnyul language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Nyulnyulan languages NERFINISHED
modernCommunitiesLocatedIn communities on the Dampier Peninsula
neighboringGroup Bardi people NERFINISHED
Jawi people NERFINISHED
Nimanburru people NERFINISHED
Yawuru people NERFINISHED
regionType coastal
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
state Western Australia
traditionalEnvironment coastal ecosystems
tropical savanna
traditionalRegion Dampier Peninsula NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting

Referenced by (4)

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Shire of Broome hasIndigenousCommunities Nyulnyul people
this entity surface form: Nyul Nyul people
Yawuru people relatedEthnicGroup Nyulnyul people
Dampier Peninsula traditionalOwners Nyulnyul people
this entity surface form: Nyul Nyul people
Dampier Peninsula traditionalOwners Nyulnyul people
this entity surface form: Nimanburr people