Bundjalung people

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.

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:
  • Arakwal
  • Baryulgal
  • Dinggabal
  • Githabul
  • Minyungbal
  • Nganduwal
  • Njangbal
  • Waalulbal
  • Wiyabal(a.k.a. Widje)
  • Wudjeebal.
  • Yugumbir
Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km)
Location:
  • North-eastern
  • New South Wales
Coordinates:29°15′S 152°55′E
Mountains:
  • McPherson Range
  • Mount Warning
    (a.k.a. Wollumbin)
RiversLower reaches of
Other geological:Cape Byron
Urban areas:

The languages of the Bundjalung people are dialects of the Lower-Richmond branch of the Yugambeh-Bundjalung language family.

The Arakwal of Byron Bay count themselves as one of the Bundjalung peoples.

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