Yued

Yued
Bibbulmun, Jun-ar
Yued, also called Juat, in relation to other Noongar tribes
Total population
600 (2016, est.)
Regions with significant populations
Moora
Languages
Yued (dialect of Noongar)/ Aboriginal English
Related ethnic groups
Noongar and 13 of its other groups: Amangu, Ballardong, Kaneang, Koreng, Mineng, Njakinjaki, Njunga, Pibelmen, Pindjarup, Wardandi, Whadjuk, Wiilman and Wudjari

Yued (also spelt Juat, Yuat and Juet) is a region inhabited by the Yued people, one of the fourteen groups of Noongar Aboriginal Australians who have lived in the South West corner of Western Australia for approximately 40,000 years.[1]

European settlers first visited the Yued region in the 17th century, but it was not colonised until George Fletcher Moore’s visit in 1836.[2][3] In 1846 Spanish Benedictine Monk, Rosendo Salvado created a Catholic missionary institution housing some Yued people, which became New Norcia, the only monastic town in Australia.[4] Later impacts of European colonisation include the introduction of governmental assimilation policies such as the Aborigines Act 1905 which prompted the creation of settlement and internment camps like the Moore River Settlement, contributing to diseases within the Yued population as well as their displacement from the region.[4][5]

There are ongoing projects to preserve Yued culture including the establishment of native titles, heritage plans and active cultural community programmes.[6][7]

  1. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 243.
  2. ^ Cameron, J.M.R (2006). The Millendon Memoirs: George Fletcher Moore's Western Australian Diaries And Letters, 1830–1841. Carlisle, WA: Hesperian Press.
  3. ^ "Strangers on the Shore". Maritime Archaeology Databases. Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Rooney, B (2006). "An Evolving Concept of Mission: New Norcia 1846 – 2006". Australasian Catholic Record. 83 (3): 309–319.
  5. ^ Haebich, A (1988). For their Own Good: Aborigines and Government in the Southwest of Western Australia. Perth: University of Western Australia Press.
  6. ^ Rooney, B (2002). The Legacy of the Late Edward Mippy: An Ethnographic Biography. Western Australia: Curtin University. p. 136.
  7. ^ "SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT". South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council. Retrieved 17 November 2020.