| Bundjalung people | |
|---|---|
| Aka: Badjalang (Tindale)(Horton) Bandjalang (SIL) | |
 South Eastern Queensland bioregion | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Bandjalangic |
| Language group: | Bundjalung |
| Group dialects: | |
| Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km) | |
| Location: |
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| Coordinates: | 29°15′S 152°55′E / 29.250°S 152.917°E |
| Mountains: |
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| Rivers[4] | Lower reaches of
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| Other geological: | Cape Byron |
| Urban areas:[4] | |
The Bundjalung people, also spelled Bunjalung, Badjalang and Bandjalang, are Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of a region from around Grafton in northern coastal New South Wales to Beaudesert in south-east Queensland. The region is located approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Sydney and 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Brisbane that now includes the Bundjalung National Park.
In the north, Bundjalung Nation shares a border with Yuggera Nation and Barrunggam Nation; to the east the Tasman Sea (Pacific Ocean); to the south Gumbaynggirr (also known as Kumbainggar) Nation; and to the west it borders Ngarabal Nation.
The languages of the Bundjalung people are dialects of the Lower-Richmond branch of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung language family.
The names of the 15 tribal groups comprising the Bundjalung Nation are Arakwal,[1] Banbai, Birbai, Galiabal, Gidabal, Gumbainggeri, Jigara, Jugambal, Jugumbir (Yugembeh), Jungai, Minjungbal, Ngacu, Ngamba, Nyangbal[6][7] and Widjabal/Wiyabal.[8][9]
- ^ a b Bunjalung of Byron Bay 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sharpe 1994.
- ^ a b Bandjalang at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 191.
- ^ Hoff 2006.
- ^ Ballina City Council
- ^ National Parks and Wildlife Service
- ^ "Australia - Aboriginal Mythology". Jane's Oceania. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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