Gooniyandi people

E301937

The Gooniyandi people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the central Kimberley region of Western Australia, with a distinct language and cultural traditions tied to that country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gooniyandi people canonical 10
Gooniyandi community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Western Australia ⓘ
areAssociatedWith Fitzroy River region ⓘ
areClassifiedAs Australian Aboriginal group ⓘ
areIndigenousTo Kimberley region ⓘ
arePartOf First Nations of Australia ⓘ
areRecognizedAs Traditional Owners in Western Australia ⓘ
areRelatedTo Bunuba people ⓘ
areTraditionalOwnersOf parts of the central Kimberley region ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
haveConnectionToLand ancestral lands in central Kimberley ⓘ
haveCulturalTraditionsTiedTo Central Kimberley country ⓘ
linked to: Kimberley region
haveCustomaryLaw yes ⓘ
haveDistinctCulture yes ⓘ
haveNameVariant Gooniendi ⓘ
Gunian ⓘ
Konejandi ⓘ
haveOralTraditions yes ⓘ
languageFamily Bunuban languages ⓘ
maintain Dreaming stories ⓘ
kinship systems ⓘ
partOf Aboriginal peoples of the Kimberley ⓘ
practice traditional ceremonies ⓘ
region Central Kimberley ⓘ
linked to: Kimberley region
stateOrTerritory Western Australia ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Gooniyandi language ⓘ
useLanguage Gooniyandi language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kimberley region → traditionalOwners → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Fitzroy River → traditionalOwners → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Kimberley → traditionalOwners → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Kimberley Aboriginal groups → includes → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Gooniyandi language → ethnicGroup → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Gooniyandi language → isSpokenBy → Gooniyandi community ⓘ
linked to: Gooniyandi people
Fitzroy Crossing → hasTraditionalOwners → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Shire of Halls Creek → hasTraditionalOwners → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Fitzroy River region → hasIndigenousCommunity → Gooniyandi people ⓘ
Fitzroy River region → hasTraditionalOwner → Gooniyandi people ⓘ