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Layer Id 1284 Name Gumbainggir Bunya Route
Description

This is reconstruction of the route people, probably Gumbainggir, Bundjalung and Yaegl people, may have taken from around the Clarence River region to the Bunya festival in Jinibara/Kabi Kabi country in the Blackall ranges around Baroon. People travelled from long distances from all directions to the Bunya festival and this is southern route from the coast, which first heads inland. According to one colonist's anecdote, “I clearly remember, since a boy, the blacks of the Clarence returning from the Bunya feast, bringing long black brigalow hand spears... they got from the blacks of Durundur, either as presents or by barter.” - Archibald Meston. The Bunya Feast – Mobilan’s Former Glory. In the Wild, Romantic Days, The Brisbane Courier (Qld), Saturday 6 October 1923, p 18 (While this refers to the western festival at the Bunya ranges, people would have gone to either, depending on what was happening that year.) The timeless bunya festival is living culture. It was not forgotten and has been revived in recent years.

Subject Keywords Indigenous, Bunya, Aboriginal
Type Journey Warning

This route is a speculative reconstruction of the route it is not definitive or authoritative, and could be revised with better information and local knowledge.

Created At 2024-01-29 15:30:15 Updated At 2024-01-29 16:46:33
Ghap Url https://tlcmap.org/layers/1284
Statistic Value Unit
Total Places
10 -
Area
5235.4983644183 km2
Convex Hull
POLYGON((153.13536056661584 -29.47507665911853,152.6783132594775 -27.969568602927,152.87097202143062 -26.707941171773204,152.95994278643218 -26.956693350046816,153.13536056661584 -29.47507665911853)) -
Density
0.0019100378424263 places/km2
Centroid
POINT(152.91441837308886 -28.10602448967294) -
Bounding Box
POLYGON((152.6783132594775 -29.47507665911853,152.6783132594775 -26.707941171773204,153.13536056661584 -26.707941171773204,153.13536056661584 -29.47507665911853,152.6783132594775 -29.47507665911853)) -
Most Central Place
Hunting in the plains -
Most Distant Place from center
Arrive at the Bunya festival -
Distribution
  • Average Distance from Centroid: 85.828399761216
  • Average Distance from Centroid / Area of Convex Hull: 0.016393549149881
kilometers