Bundjalung people
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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.
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Aka: Badjalang (Tindale)(Horton) Bandjalang (SIL) | |
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Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
Language branch: | Bandjalangic |
Language group: | Bundjalung |
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Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km) | |
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Coordinates: | 29°15′S 152°55′E |
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Rivers[4] | Lower reaches of
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Other geological: | Cape Byron |
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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.[1]