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Minang, Mineng or Menang.

What is Minang

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The name may derive from the bush tucker plant Mearn with the English name bloodroot wer scientific name Haemodorum spicatum.[1] It is like a chilli or an onion. Alternatively, the name Menang may refer to a Mamang (whale), as in Menang Koort (literally Whale Heart) which is the Noongar name for King George Sound.[2]

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Minang Moort - Families and people of Minang country

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Sources

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Kwop Mia - Organisations of Minang Country

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Southern Aboriginal Corporation

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Great Southern Aboriginal Health Service

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Minang Tourism

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Indigenous Tourism is very strong in the Albany Region. There are a number of opportunities to view inidgenous sites with interpretive signage. There are also some tours that you can do. Wanjessy with Larry Blight, Poornati with Joey Williams.

Experiences

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Kalgan fish traps

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The Kalgan fish traps located outside of Albany were a Noongar camp site dating back 7,500 years. [3]

Wadjella wom (non indigenous people) once recorded Aboriginal huts, wells, fires wer kangaroo traps. [4]

Kalgan meeting site

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Discovery Bay Tourism Experience

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Yule Park

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Lake Mount Pleassant View

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Museum of the Great Southern

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Black Stump

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Mount Melville

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Mokare statue in main street

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Dog Rock

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Lake Weerlara

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See also

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Gnullar Karla Mia - Our Campfires (Language groups)

Ngiyan waarnk - References

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  1. Bush Tucker Plants for your Home Garden. SERCUL South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare, Perth. Retrieved 21 August 2017
  2. John Dobson. "Albany, WA's oldest colonial settlement, to officially adopt joint Noongar names". ABC Great Southern. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810121055/http://www.albanygateway.com.au/visitor/historical/oyster-harbour-fish-traps
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810121055/http://www.albanygateway.com.au/visitor/historical/oyster-harbour-fish-traps
  5. 2016. Cathy Glen, Tourism Lecturer South Regional TAFE.