Tjurabalan - - is a nomadic desert tribe from the edge of the Tanami desert

Tanami Desert

The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia situated in the Northern Territory. It has a rocky terrain with small hills. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored until well into the twentieth century...

 near Sturt Creek and Lake Gregory (Mulan) in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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The combined population in 2003 was approximately 1200 people. Spread over 26,000 square kilometres of land and waters of the Tanami Desert, the Tjurabalan region encompasses the communities of Ringers Soak also known as Kundat Djaru, Billiluna, Mulan

Mulan

Mulan is a 1998 American animated film directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, with story by Robert D. San Souci and screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney...

 and Balgo

Balgö

Balgö is an island and a nature reserve in Kattegat, off Tångaberg in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. Balgö is the larges island in Halland. The nature reserve was established in 1950. Some smaller islands around Balgö are also included in the nature reserve....

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Within the native title of the Tjurabalan people lays the Coyote Gold Mine

Coyote Gold Mine

The Coyote Gold Mine is a gold mine located in the remote Tanami Desert of Australia. The mine has leases both in the Central Desert Shire of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, but current mining is only carried out in Western Australia, 10 km west of the...

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