Nyungar Placenames in the South-West of Western Australia
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Mandurah as man - durah or mandjar - dura or maan - dura or manjahly - dura or manjahly - dura or man-da - dura or manda - dura or mandeegur - dura means that at a kind of fair, or place of trade and exchange, held in and among the wild tea tree country where the young people who have reached puberty, or who have come of age, get to meet future in-laws and marriage partners.
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