The Arakwal of Byron Bay count themselves as one of the Bundjalung peoples.
| Bundjalung people | |
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| Other geological: | Cape Byron |
| Urban areas: | Ballina Beaudesert Casino Gold Coast Grafton Lismore Tabulam Tweed Heads Logan, Queensland Warwick Woodenbong |
Is Gold Coast a Bundjalung country?
Relative Creative acknowledge that Jellurgal (Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast), where we live and work, is on the unceded sovereign lands of the Yugambeh speaking peoples, part of the Bundjalung Nation. We pay our respects to local Elders and the ancestors.
What indigenous land is Gold Coast on?
Acknowledging Traditional Owners
The Gold Coast is situated on the land of the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region.
What is indigenous name for Gold Coast?
Crowley originally called this dialect Gold Coast, but the term Ngarangwal is often used today.
What tribe is Gold Coast?
Yugambeh people have lived in the Gold Coast region for thousands of years, fishing the creeks and estuaries, making their homes in the rainforest and using the resources that the land provides. If you visit the Gold Coast today, you can still find many traces of her ancestors – if you know where to look.
Is Coolangatta a bundjalung?
Coolangatta is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country. The Yugambeh people are local custodians in the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country.
What suburbs are in gadigal land?
Gadigal land lies south of Port Jackson and stretches from South Head to Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River. On the western border lies the territory of the Wangal clan, which extends along the southern shore of the Parramatta River to Parramatta.
Is Currumbin a Bundjalung country?
Currumbin is located on the unceded land of the Yugambeh people. The name Currumbin is from the Bundjalung language (Ngaraangbal dialect), which means either high or high trees or may be a corruption of kurrohmin meaning kangaroo.
Where is Bundjalung country?
New South Wales, Australia
The Bundjalung people, also spelt Bunjalung, Badjalang and Bandjalang, are Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of the northern coastal area of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately 550 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Sydney, an area that includes the Bundjalung National Park.
Where is Gubbi Gubbi land located?
South East Queensland
?The Gubbi Gubbi people are the traditional custodians of the land located in South East Queensland, within the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie region.
Which tribe first settled on the Gold Coast?
The Gold Coast had long been a major bone of contention between European nations seeking to take advantage of the natural and human resources of West Africa. The Portugese first moved into the area and built forts on the coast to allow them to trade with the local tribes.
What is the Gold Coast called now?
the Republic of Ghana
Gold Coast is a former British colony in West Africa known today as the Republic of Ghana.
What was the name of Gold Coast before colonization?
By 1956, British Togoland, the Ashanti protectorate, and the Fante protectorate were merged with the Gold Coast to create one colony, which became known as the Gold Coast.
Who are the traditional custodians of the Gold Coast?
Yugambeh language people
The Yugambeh language people are the traditional custodians of the land located in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, now within the Logan City, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, and Tweed City regions whose ancestors all spoke one or more dialects of the Yugambeh Language.
What language does Gold Coast speak?
Overall, 80.3% of the population spoke English only, and 13.7% spoke a non-English language, compared with 79.2% and 15.6% respectively for South East Queensland.
What religion is the Gold Coast?
Religion. The most practiced religion on the Gold Coast is Christianity.
What Aboriginal land is Broadbeach on?
The Kombumerri people have been officially dated at 20,000+ years by the Australian National University and our ancestors’ burial ground in Broadbeach has been dated at 1200 years.
Where is Bundjalung in Australia?
The Bundjalung Nation (also spelt Bandjalang, Banjalang, bunjulung, bunjalung or Badjelang) has become a general term for the whole language area stretching the far North East Coast of NSW and the Southern Eastern coast of Queensland.
What Aboriginal land is Burleigh?
Kombumerri Aboriginal people
For thousands of years before European settlement and still today, this area belongs to the Kombumerri Aboriginal people, with evidence of their existence in the Gold Coast dating back over 20,000 years.
Is Sydney an Eora or Gadigal?
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of our land – Australia. The Gadigal of the Eora Nation are the traditional custodians of this place we now call Sydney.
What is the difference between Gadigal and Eora?
There are about 29 clan groups of the Sydney metropolitan area, referred to collectively as the Eora Nation. The Gadigal are a clan of the Eora Nation. The territory of the Gadi (gal) people stretched along the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) from South Head to around what is now known as Petersham.