Bundjalung people

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name = Bundjalung people
sub0 = Aka: "Badjalang" (Tindale)(Horton) "Bandjalang"(SIL)
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lbl1 = Language Family:
row1 = Pama-Nyungan
lbl2 = Language Branch:
row2 = Bandjalangic
lbl3 = Language Group:
row3 = Bundjalung
lbl4 = Group Dialects:
row4 = Arakwalhttp://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=506 Bunjalung of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Indigenous Land Use Agreement] Accessed 20 May 2008 ] BaryulgalSharpe, Margaret C. (1994) "An all-dialect dictionary of Banjalang, an Australian language no longer in general use."] Dinggabal Gidabal [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bdy Ethnlogue.com] Accessed 20 May 2008] Minjangbal Nganduwal Njangbal Waalubal Wiyabal(aka Widje) Wudjeebal. Yugambal (aka Yugumbir)
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hdr2 = Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km)
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lbl23 = Location:
row23 = North-Eastern New South Wales
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lbl25 = Mountains:
row25 = McPherson Range Mount Warning (aka "Wollumbin ")
lbl26 = Rivers
row26 = Lower Reaches of Clarence River "aka Breimba" ["Bunjalung Jugun" (Bunjalung Country), Jennifer Hoff, Richmond River Historical Society, 2006, ISBN 1-875-474-24-2, citing "Yamba Yesterday", Howland and Lee, Yamba Centenary Committee, 1985]
lbl27 = Other Geological:
row27 = Cape Byron
lbl28 = Urban Areas:
row28 = Ballina Beaudesert Casino Gold Coast Lismore Tabulam Tweed Heads Warwick Woodenbong
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The Bundjalung people (aka "Bunjalung", "Badjalang" & "Bandjalang") are those Australian Aborigines who are the original custodians of northern coastal areas of New South Wales (Australia), 554 km northeast of Sydney: an area that includes the Bundjalung National Park and Mount Warning (known to the Budjalung people as "Wollumbin". [http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/greatdividingrange "Crossing the Great Dividing Range"] from the Australian Government's Culture and Creation Portal, retrieved May 16 2008] )

Bundjalung people all share in common descent from ancestors who once spoke as their first, preferred language, one or more of the dialects of the Bandjalang language

Country

Norman Tindale 's (1974) "Catalogue of Australian Aborignal tribes" identifies the identifying Baryulgal dialect (Badjalang) country as follows [http://www.samuseum.australia.sa.com/tindaletribes/badjalang.htm Tindale, Norman (1974) "Badjalang" in his "Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes". South Australian Museum] ] :

"From northern bank of Clarence River to Richmond River; at Ballina; inland to Tabulam and Baryugil."

Religious Beliefs

People believe the spirits of wounded warriors are present within the mountains, their injuries having manifested themselves as scars on the mountainside, and thunder storms in the mountains recall the sounds of those warriors' battles.

"Wollumbin" itself is the site at which one of the chief warriors lies, and it is said his face can still be seen in the mountain's rocks when viewed from the north.

Much of the Bundjalung peoples culture and heritage continues to be celebrated.. [http://www.echonews.com/740/index.html "Celebrating Indigenous Spirit"] from Echo News retrieved May 16 2008]

And people, these days, now gather annually in the Bundjalung national park as a community to celebrate as a Bundjalung People's Gathering.

"We want to celebrate our Aboriginal traditions and customs. We want to share them with other people an show them our beliefs and our culture is still alive today, it hasn't been lost" - Chris Phillips, event organizer"

On these occasions traditional garments are often worn by the Bundjalung peoples, who partake in custodial dances and other performances.

See also

* Bandjalang language

External links

* [http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/page/default.asp?site=2&page=TIN_Tribal&level=3&code=2&item=D6 Badjalang portion of Norman Tinadle's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia map] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/aboriginal_studies_press/aboriginal_wall_map/map_page/map_detail-f4 Bundjalung portion of Aboriginal Studies Press' Aboriginal Australia Wall Map] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2002/710146.htm ABC Radio's Spirit of Things (October 2002) "Australia's Sacred Sites Part 5 - Byron Bay"] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/walkpark/prog6.htm ABC Radio (December 2004) A Walk in the Park Series: "New South Wales - Arakwal National Park"] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.ausanthrop.net/resources/ausanthrop_db/detail.php?id_search=26 AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database entry for Badjalang] Accessed 20 May 2008
* [http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=506 Bunjalung of Byron Bay (Arakwal) Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA)] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nswcultureheritage/frontier.htm New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change Aboriginal cultural heritage webpage "Living on the frontier"] Accessed 21 May 2008
* [http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/media/DecMedia07112601.htm New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change November 2007 Media Release "Wollumbin Aboriginal Consultative Group"] Accessed 21 May 2008

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