Tjilbruke

Representation of Tjilbruke bearing his nephew. Created by John Dowie, it is located at Kingston Park, South Australia.

Tjilbruke (also Tjirbruki, Tjilbruki, Tjirbruke, Tjirbuk or Tjirbuki,) is an important creation ancestor for the Kaurna people of the Adelaide plains in the Australian state of South Australia.[1] Tjilbruke was a Kaurna man, who appeared in Kaurna Dreaming dating back about 11,000 years.[2] The Tjilbruke Dreaming Track or Tjilbruke Dreaming Trail is a major Dreaming trail, which connects sites from within metropolitan Adelaide southwards as far as Cape Jervis, some of which are Aboriginal sacred sites of great significance.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference kaurnaculture was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Coastal Management Study, HallettCove, SA" (PDF). Report No. R11‐008‐01‐01. Coastal Environment Pty Ltd. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2020. Prepared for the City of Marion.
  3. ^ Amery, Rob (2016). Warraparna Kaurna!: Reclaiming an Australian language (PDF). University of Adelaide Press. doi:10.20851/kaurna. ISBN 978-1-925261-25-7. Retrieved 17 November 2020.