Toogee
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The Toogee tribe was a group of Tasmanian aborigines that lived in Western Tasmania, Australia, before white settlement. Their area of inhabitation included Macquarie Harbor. This tribe consisted of two different bands, the Lowreenne and Ninegin. They made stone tools, including those from Darwin Glass
Darwin Glass
Darwin glass is a natural glass found south of Queenstown in West Coast, Tasmania. It takes its name from Mount Darwin in the West Coast Range, where it was first reported, and later gave its name to Darwin Crater, a probable impact crater, and the inferred source of the glass.-Occurrence:Fragments...

 a natural glass formed from a meteorite impact. The archeological record for this region goes back to 20000 years ago with relics found in the Kuti Kina Cave. They also left behind middens of shells along the coast.

The people living to the north near the Pieman River
Pieman River
The Pieman River is a river on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. It was dammed with the 122m high Reece Dam in 1986 - creating Lake Pieman.-Name:...

 were the Peternidic band, and to the south near Port Davey was the Ninene.

A geological feature south of Tasmania is named after them, the Toogee sub basin. This is in the northernmost part of the South Tasman Rise
South Tasman Rise
The South Tasman Rise is an area of seafloor that lies 550 km south of Hobart, Tasmania in the Southern Ocean where water depths are about 1500 metres. The South Tasman Rise is also known as the Tasmania Ridge or South Tasmania Ridge...

. It is adjacent to the Lowreenne Massif.
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