The Pontunj overlap with the
Kawadji, of which Yankonyu is considered by
Norman Tindale to be an alternative name, though he treats the Pontunj as distinct from the
Kawadji people of Night Island and the coastal stretch opposite. Their territory covered some 300 sq. miles, running from Cape Weymouth southwards to the coast just to the north of
Night Island and to the
Lockhart River and
Lloyd Bay areas.[1]
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