Yued (also spelt Juat, Yuat and Juet) is a region inhabited by the Yued people, one of the fourteen groups of Noongar Aboriginal Australians who have lived in the South West corner of Western Australia for approximately 40,000 years. European settlers first visited the Yued region in the 17th century, but it was not colonised until George Fletcher Moore’s visit in 1836. In 1846 Spanish Benedictine Monk, Rosendo Salvado created a Catholic missionary institution housing some Yued people, which became New Norcia, the only monastic town in Australia. Later impacts of European colonisation include the introduction of governmental assimilation policies such as the Aborigines Act 1905 which prompted the creation of settlement and internment camps like the Moore River Settlement, contributing to diseases within the Yued population as well as their displacement from the region. There are ongoing projects to preserve Yued culture including the establishment of native titles, heritage plans and active cultural community programmes. Language At the time of European Settlement, the Yued language was one of the 13 dialects of the Noongar language. The Yued language specifically belongs to Djiralay (northern dialect), one of the three main dialect groups within the wider Noongar region. The other two are Kongal-Boyal (south-eastern dialect) and Kongal-Marawar (south-western dialect). List of common Noongar words and its different versions in the three dialects After colonisation, the number of fluent Yued speakers fell due to cultural assimilation policies which prevented Aboriginal people from practising their native language. As a result, contemporary Yued people speak a dialect of the English language known as Aboriginal English with very few fluent speakers left. Names There is a lack of concrete evidence to support that the endonym for this region was Yued and some sources suggests that it is rather a name used by non-Yued people to refer to the region. However, there is evidence that in the 19th century Aboriginal people living in New Norcia referred to themselves as "Jun-ar", as recorded in the memoir of Rosendo Salvado. Research suggests that at least some local Noongar people called the Yued region "Minnalyungar" (a general name given by northerners, meaning "Southern People"), and "Jaburu-Jungara" (a Whadjuk name, where Jaburu means "north" by locals). However, in contemporary culture, "Yuat" is used by the local people as self-descriptive name. Geography Under the Yued Native Title agreement, the region starts on the coast of Western Australia and extends inland, encompassing