Mandi people explained

The Mandi, otherwise known as Manthi, were an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia.

Country

Mandi tribal territory encompassed approximately 1000mi2. Its northern frontier was just below Boolathanna, and from Carnarvon extended westwards as far as Doorawarrah. It took in the lower Gascoyne River area and its swampy tributaries, with the southern boundary around Grey Point.

People

Norman Tindale defined the Mandi as a distinct tribe. Later work by the area language expert Peter Austin concluded that Tindale's distinction between the Mandi and the Tedei, both of which he regarded as independent tribes, should be reformulated, with the Mandi and Tedei actually representing two branches of the Yingkarta.

Alternative names

• Maandi
• Nandu

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
• News: Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton region . Austin . Peter . La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics 1:43–63. . Peter Austin (linguist) . 1988 . 1 . 43–63 . La Trobe Working Papers in Linguistics .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Mandi (WA) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/mandi.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/mandi.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .