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Name	Nebinyan (c. 1840–1911)
Alternative Names	Nepenyan Nedenyan Nebin Bonaparte Boney
Born	c. 1840 Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Died	1911 (aged ~ 71) Katanning, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Mirnang Noongar Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	whaler (1860-1880) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous songmaker (1900-1911) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous culture informant (1906-1911) Western Australia, Australia
Mission/Reserve *	Katanning Reserve (resident, 1905-1911)

* Dates are approximate

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