[1] Tindale estimated that the Mandjindja's territory extended over roughly 21,000 square miles (54,000 km2), in the sandhill terrain south of the Warburton Range, from a place called Papakula ("Babbagoola Rockhole" on maps).
Their eastern confines lay around a place named Lenga:na, identified as possibly east of the Sydney Yeo Chasm.
The Mandjindja people in Kalgoorlie are possibly the descendants of the Manyjilyjarra people who left the Great Sandy and Gibson deserts in 1906 due to an extended drought and then made their way to places such as Kalgoorlie from the 1920s.
[3]: 3 The Mandjindja and Ngalia sought recognition of their inherent land rights through the native title claim process in the Federal Court of Australia.
[6] In March 2009, the Mantjintjarra Ngalia claim came a step closer to recognition after passing the registration test of the Native Title Act.