was dictated by the six Noongar Seasons. The common trading place amongst the Noongar people is labelled as the Mandurah (a type of fair or meeting place) which facilitated good exchanges. The Yued people specialised in providing cutting and fighting tools in the Mandurah. Some of these include the Dowak (a heavy stick used for hunting) and D-Yuna (a stick used during wars) Social hierarchy The Yued Region followed a social hierarchy that included six classes or sections of people, with inheritance determined by the mother's division class. These classes, which also acted as family names, are: Tiraop N-Oiognok Palarop Tondorop Mondorop Jiragiok Rules for marriage between classes were specific, with only certain classes being able marry into each other. For an example, individuals could not marry into the same class. Culture during European settlement Whilst cultural assimilation policies such as the taking of the Stolen Generations reduced cultural practices, some Yued people escaped to reserves and river sites where they could maintain elements of traditional lifestyle. One recorded practice included initiation ceremonies for young boys entering manhood. European settlement The Yued region, like other Aboriginal cultures, underwent cultural shifts following the arrival of Europeans in Australia. The arrival of four Dutch trading fleets within the vicinity of Moore River between 1656 and 1658 has been identified as the earliest European visit to the Yued region. However, colonisation did not occur until Irish-born explorer and diarist George Fletcher Moore visited the Garban River in the Yued Region in 1836, later renamed Moore River after him. Settlers attracted to the Yued region by its fertile land and steady growth of yam fields initially focused their pastoral work around two towns, Moora and Gin Gin, that they established. George Grey, governor of South Australia and New Zealand, noted that the region was a location where "more had been done here to secure a provision from the ground by hard manual labour than I could have believed it in the power of uncivilised man to accomplish". The first permanent settlers arrived in the region in 1846. During this time, Yued people assisted explorers and settlers who were establishing themselves in Moora and Gingin by providing advice on land cultivation and helping them locate water, with some also finding employment on farming stations. However, Yued living conditions were soon compromised and they were often displaced from their land into the fringes of towns due