Byron Bay News
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pulled from site's meta descriptionByron Bay News. 790 likes · 16 talking about this. News, Information, Accommodation Suggestions, Property, Links, Gossip from Byron Bay. Byron Bay offers it’s visitors accomodation, shopping, culture, music, great restaurants and a relaxed beach lifestyle. Bunjellung Nation - The Goanna is the totem of the Bunjalung people of Northern N.S.W. Australia. From northern bank of Clarence River to Richmond River; at Ballina; inland to Tabulam and Baryugil. In other words, Byron Bay belongs to the Bunjalung people. FYI-- Coastal hordes (Widje) go inland only to Rappville. The phonetic spelling of the name as given here is a record of the preference of a man of the tribe encountered in 1938. An anonymous note (Science of Man, 12 (1911), 214) says that the boundary between the dialect spoken on the Clarence River, presumably Badjalang and that of the Richmond River comes at a place called Moonim, which is near Coraki. Alternative Names: Badjelang, Budulung (paidjal = badjal = man), Buggul (g read as dj), Paikalyung, Paikalyug, Bandjalang, Bandjalong, Bunjellung, Bundela, Bundel, Widje (horde or hordes at Evans Head), Watchee, Woomargou.
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