PINDJARUP INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA

THE BINJAREB, PINDJARUP OR PINDJAREB IS THE NAME OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN GROUP OF NOONGAR SPEAKERS LIVING IN THE REGION OF THE NOONGAR SPEAKERS LIVING IN THE REGION OF THE SOUTHWEST, WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN PORT KENNEDY ON THE COAST AND ROCKINGHAM AND MANDURATO AUSTRALIA ON THE LESCHENAULT INLET. THEIR NAME IS FROM THE WORD PINJAR MEANING WETLANDS OR SWAMPS. THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN DOMINATED BY THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, WITH CATTLE GRAZING. THESE FOLKS WERE FAMED FOR THEIR FISH TRAPS AND A SEASONAL CYCLE OF SIX SEASONS. THEY USED THE COAST, SAND DUNES, LAKES AND FERTILE SOIL. OF THE FOOTHILLS. THEY ATE TURTLES, SWANS, DUCKS AND BIRDS AS PART OF THE DIET. THEIR LANDS WERE FIRST EXPLORED BY EUROPEANS IN 1829 BY 2 BRITISH MEN. THEIR LAND WERE FIRST EXPLORED BY EUROPEANS IN 1829 BY TWO BRITISH MEN.

THOMAS PEEL, A COUSIN OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WAS GIVEN MUCH WAS GIVEN MUCH OF THE BRITISH THIS LAND. PEEL FACED RESISTANCE WHEN HE CONTROLLED THE MOUTH OF THE MURRAY, AN IMPORTANT CAMP OF THE ABORIGINES. THERE WERE FATALITIES ON BOTH SIDES IN 1834.

A LEADER OF THE NINJARUP WAS CALUTE WHO LED A PEACEFUL RAID ON SHELTON'SMILL IN PERTH FOR FOOD FOR HIS PEOPLE. IN 1836 A MILITARY SETTLEMENT IN PINJARA OCCURRED WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE FROM FROM ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. THEY SOUGHT EMPLOYMENT IN THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY. BY 1838 A ROAD THROUGH PINDJARUP CONNECTED PINNJARRA TO BUNBURY.

THE PINJARUP SURVIVED THE CONFLICT, BUT THEIR CULTURALIDENTITY WAS WEAKENED. MEASLES AND OTHER DISEASES TOOK THEIR TOLL ON THESE PEOPLE. SINCE THE 1930'S THEIR POPULATION HAS INCREASED. AND THEY SPEAK THE NOONGAR LANGUAGE.

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