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• Balgarup River
• Carbunup River
• Dalyup River
• Dandalup River
• Jerdacuttup River
• Munglinup River
• Pallinup River
• Waychinicup River (unsigned addition from Matt...)

Maybe - but you look closer - some are out of the indicated noongar area SatuSuro 12:49, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• I have not even started to look at where they are located yet! Hmmm, beautiful theories being shot down by ugly facts. :( Must be a reaosn why these rivers were given Noongar names despite their location. -- Mattinbgn\^talk

Hmm.... -- Mattinbgn\^talk 06:38, 8 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

• http://www.baldivis-childrens-forest.com.au/nyoongar_culture.htm
  • In-up on 2011-05-20 21:27:07, 404 Not Found
  • In-up on 2011-05-31 04:29:36, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 04:29, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]