[3] Gadjerong lands encompassed 2,100 square kilometres (800 sq mi) in Norman Tindale's reckoning.
They ran westwards along the rich ecosystems of mangrove flat, waterholes, creeks and waterfalls[4] along the coastal area from the mouth of the Fitzmaurice River as far as point where the Keep River flows out into the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf.
The Federal Court recognised the native title rights of the two peoples on 9 December 2003, nearly ten years after the claim had been lodged.
[6] The implementation of the Ord River Irrigation scheme had a major impact on the Gadjerong and other peoples of the east Kimberley area.
They were dispossessed of parts of their traditional tribal land and many sacred sites were destroyed.