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Aboriginal Communities GENERAL INFORMATION 

• Comprehensive List of Australian Aboriginal Communities
  If you know the name of a community this is the place to look. Tasmania has only 9 aboriginal communities, Victoria has 34, South Australia, 42 and New South Wales 64. The largest number of aboriginal communities are in Queensland 211, followed by Western Australia with 158 , and 136 in the Northern Territories.Total communities: 654.
• Basic Facts: Location, Population
• Housing Styles
• Population Click on Themes, then on "indigenous" under "People."
• Names
• Women's Issues
  
• Map of Australia
• Fabulous Australian Facts
  

Individual ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY Websites

Arnhem Land |Arrente | Broome| Booroongen Djugen | Butchulla | Cape York Aboriginal Peoples | Central Land Commission | Dharawal (Lapa) Thurrawal | Furneaux Islands | Illawarra | Mapoon Mirrar Clan Ngarrindjeri Nyangatjatjara | Ngiyaampaa |Tiwi | Wadeye | Warlpiri | Wong ta thu | Yarrabah | Yorta, Yorta |Yuin-Monaro

• Arnhem Land
  Location
  Map
  Languages Gumatj (Yirrkala, near Nhulunbuy)
  Mining & the Northern Territories
  Conflict over mining at Maningrida
  
  
• Arrente
  Northern Territories Nineteenth-Century History



• Broome
  Jawauru Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian
  
  
• Booroongen Djugen
  
  
• Butchulla
  Fraser Islands off Queensland; History of Butchulla World Heritage Site
  
  
• Cape York Aboriginal Peoples
  Information on the 17 communities living on Cape York.
  
  
• Central Land Commission
  
  
• Dharawal (Lapa) Also Thurrawal
  The aboriginal community around Sydney. Originally lived in the area between Botany Bay and Jervis Bay. Dharawal today. Historical Information References
  
  
• Furneaux Islands
  (NE of Tasmania)
  
  
• Illawarra
  Wonderful history site from the public library of Wollongong. For historical photographs, put "aboriginal in the search box.
  
  
• Mapoon
  North Queensland
  
  
• Marrkula Clan see Arnhem Land
  
  
• Mirrar Clan
  
  
• Ngarrindjeri
  Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: a World That is, Was and Will Be by Diane Bell
  (North Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 1998). Prize-winning book
  Contemporary political issues
  
  
• Nyangatjatjara
  Some of the most dramatically beautiful photography on the web.
  
  
• Ngiyaampaa
  Aboriginal broadcaster Graham Davis History of region | Another history | Beautiful photographs
  
  
• Tiwi
  (island off Darwin) Mourning ceremony described
  
  
• Wadeye
  A lovely website
  
  
• Warlpiri
  
  
• Wong ta thu
  The area | Map (near the Nullabor plain)
  
  
• Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community; Jerringa
  Jervis Bay Map
  
  
• Yarrabah
  An outstanding site from a Queensland community.
  
  
• Yorta, Yorta
  A Murray Valley group's history.
  
  
• Yuin-Monaro
  Another New South Wales group, occupying the coastal area between Jervis Bay and Twofold Bay.
  What the region looks like | A Local aboriginal sit

• Introduction
  The history and divisions within the Maori people (iwi, hapu, and whänau).
  
  
• Population Census
  According to the latest (1996) statistics, New Zealand had 89 iwi of which 76 resided on the North Island.
  
  
• Marae Directory
  
  
• Maori Websites (NZ)
  
  
• Maori Use of the web

Maori Iwi with Excellent Websites

• Ngati Awa
  Bay of Plenty iwi. Also has some history under settlement.
  
  
• Ngai Tahu
  South Island iwi with an excellent overall map, several specific maps (Waianakarua) and a good culture and history sections.
  
  
• Te Rarawa
  A wonderful site with an excellent map and history of the iwi's relationship to canoes.
  
  
• Te Uri O Hau
  Basic information, and a map
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• Turanganui A Kiwa
  A lengthy and well-organized site.