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The Jardwadjali (also known as Jadawadjali) people are Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
 who occupy the lands in the upper Wimmera River watershed east to Gariwerd (Grampians
Grampians National Park

The Grampians National Park is a national park in Victoria , Australia, 235 kilometres west of Melbourne, Australia. The Park was listed on the National Heritage List on 15 December 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest Indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern Australia....
) and west to Lake Bringalbert. The towns of Horsham, Cavendish, Coleraine, Asply, Minyip and Donald are within their territory. There were 37 Jardwadjali clans who formed an alliance with the neighboring Djab wurrung
Djab Wurrung

The Djab wurrung people are Indigenous Australians who occupy the volcanic plains of central Victoria from the Mount William Range of Gariwerd in the west to the Pyrenees in the east encompassing the Wimmera River flowing north and the headwaters of the Hopkins River flowing south....
 people through intermarriage, shared culture, trade and moiety system.






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The Jardwadjali (also known as Jadawadjali) people are Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
 who occupy the lands in the upper Wimmera River watershed east to Gariwerd (Grampians
Grampians National Park

The Grampians National Park is a national park in Victoria , Australia, 235 kilometres west of Melbourne, Australia. The Park was listed on the National Heritage List on 15 December 2006 for its outstanding natural beauty and being one of the richest Indigenous rock art sites in south-eastern Australia....
) and west to Lake Bringalbert. The towns of Horsham, Cavendish, Coleraine, Asply, Minyip and Donald are within their territory. There were 37 Jardwadjali clans who formed an alliance with the neighboring Djab wurrung
Djab Wurrung

The Djab wurrung people are Indigenous Australians who occupy the volcanic plains of central Victoria from the Mount William Range of Gariwerd in the west to the Pyrenees in the east encompassing the Wimmera River flowing north and the headwaters of the Hopkins River flowing south....
 people through intermarriage, shared culture, trade and moiety system. The Jardwadjali society is matrilineal.

Language

The Jardwadjali language shares 90 percent common vocabulary with Djab wurrung
Djab Wurrung

The Djab wurrung people are Indigenous Australians who occupy the volcanic plains of central Victoria from the Mount William Range of Gariwerd in the west to the Pyrenees in the east encompassing the Wimmera River flowing north and the headwaters of the Hopkins River flowing south....
. Sub-dialects include Jagwadjali, Jardwadjali, Mardidjali, and Nundadjali.

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