Braiakaulung people

The Braiakaulung were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Victoria. They were recognized by Norman Tindale as an independent tribal grouping. They constituted one of the 5 tribes of the GunaiKurnai nation.

Name

The Braiakaulung were also known as the Brayakaboong, meaning 'men of the west’. [1]

Country

The Braiakaulung’s lands extended over 2,600 sq. miles, taking in Providence Ponds, the Avon and Latrobe rivers. They extending west of Lake Wellington as far as Mount Baw Baw and Mount Howitt. [1]

Alternative names

  • Brayakaulung
  • Braiakolung
  • Breagalong
  • Brayakau
  • Nulit (name applied to language spoken by several associated tribes)
  • Brayakaboong

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 203.

    References

    • Fison, Lorimer; Howitt, Alfred William (1880). Kamilaroi and Kurnai (PDF). Melbourne: G Robinson.
    • Attwood, Bain (1987). Tarra Bobby, a Brataualung man (PDF). Aboriginal History. 11. pp. 41–57.
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Braiakaulung (VIC)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
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