About the Corporation

Whadjuk is the name of the dialectal group from the Perth area. Whadjuk is situated south of Yued and north of the Gnaala Karla Booja groups.

The major cities and towns within the Whadjuk region include Perth, Fremantle, Joondalup, Armadale, Toodyay, Wundowie, Bullsbrook and Chidlow. The approximate size of the Whadjuk region is 5580 km.

Throughout the Whadjuk Region there are a range of significant Noongar sites. For instance, Ngooloormayup, known as Carnac Island; Meeandip, known as Garden Island; Gargangara north of Armadale; and Goolamrup, the suburb known as Kelmscott.

Noongar people may refer to Kings Park as Karra katta or the hill of the spiders or Geenunginy Bo, the place for looking a long way. 

Dyarlgarro Beeliar is known as the Canning River and Derbal Yiragan, the Perth estuary waters.