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The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic peoples' are an Aboriginal Australian ethnolinguistic group identified by their use of one of more of the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages and shared cultural practices and histories. There are roughly 15 individual groups,[ citation needed] who together form a wider cultural bloc or polity often described as Bundjalung [1] or "Three Brothers Mob".
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic people speak is a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic family is made of four branches:
Descendants of two tribes within the modern Bundjalung federation, namely the Githabul and the Western Bundjalung people have had their native title rights recognized, respectively in 2007 [2] and 2017.
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic peoples believe the spirits of wounded warriors are present within the mountains, their injuries having manifested themselves as scars on the mountainside, and thunderstorms in the mountains recall the sounds of those warriors' battles. Wollumbin itself is the site at which one of the chief warriors lies, and it is said his face can still be seen in the mountain's rocks when viewed from the north. [3]
Notable Bundjalung people include:
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verification. (December 2018) |
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic peoples' are an Aboriginal Australian ethnolinguistic group identified by their use of one of more of the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages and shared cultural practices and histories. There are roughly 15 individual groups,[ citation needed] who together form a wider cultural bloc or polity often described as Bundjalung [1] or "Three Brothers Mob".
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic people speak is a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family.
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic family is made of four branches:
Descendants of two tribes within the modern Bundjalung federation, namely the Githabul and the Western Bundjalung people have had their native title rights recognized, respectively in 2007 [2] and 2017.
The Yugambeh–Bandjalangic peoples believe the spirits of wounded warriors are present within the mountains, their injuries having manifested themselves as scars on the mountainside, and thunderstorms in the mountains recall the sounds of those warriors' battles. Wollumbin itself is the site at which one of the chief warriors lies, and it is said his face can still be seen in the mountain's rocks when viewed from the north. [3]
Notable Bundjalung people include: