Mirning tribe

The Mirning people are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands lie in the coastal region of the Great Australian Bight in the south-west of South Australia and bordering Western Australia.

People and Culture

The Mirning language is Ngandatha, based on the phrase 'What is it?'. They are relatively short in stature and practise rites of circumcision and subincision.

The Mirning people were one of the founding members of the "People of the Whale", a project to research the relationship between whales and indigenous people. Part of the project was the making of a documentary film, "Eyes of the Soul", which was conceived by Kim Kindersley and Julian Lennon in 1994; but, by 1998, the funding had run out and the film project was abandonded. However a new documentary called "Whale Dreamers - The Gathering", about the tribes of indigenous people was made in 2006. (Credit: Wikipedia)

Profiles

Bunna Lawrie

Whaledreamers

Aboriginal and Indigenous Media