| Thaua people | |
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South East Corner BioRegion |
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language Family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language Branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language Group: | Yuin (shared word for man) (aka Thurga) (shared word for no) |
| Group Dialect: | Thaua (Tindale) |
| Group Estate: | Baianbal (forest people) Katungal (seacoast people) |
| Area (2,100 sq. km) | |
| BioRegion: | South East Corner |
| Location: | South Coast (NSW) |
Thaua people, (also spelled Dhawa [1]) or Thauaira or Thawa or Tharawal people of the Yuin (Murring) nation of the South Coast of New South Wales.
The associated language name is Thurga /Thoorga / Durga/ Dhurga.
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Norman Tindale in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal boundaries describes the Thua country and associated estates as follows[2]:
From north of Merimbula south to Green Cape; west to the scarp of the Dividing Range. Their hordes were divided into two groups, the ['Katungal] 'sea coast people,' and the ['Baianbal] or ['Paienbara], the 'tomahawk people,' those who lived in the forests; a third group, the Bemerigal or mountain people at Cooma belonged to the Ngarigo with whom the inland Thaua had some associations.
Bittangabee Bay, known as 'Pertangerbee' by the Thaua people