The Baruŋgam are an

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

people of Southeast Queensland.

Language

The earliest wordlist of the

Barunggam language Barunggam (Murrumningama) is an extinct Aboriginal language spoken by the Barunggam people of Queensland in Australia. The Barunggam language shared many words with the neighboring languages, including Jarowair to the east, Wakka Wakka to the ...

was compiled by Harriott Barlow, from Warkon Station on the

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, and which was published in 1873.

Country

The Baruŋgam had an estimated of tribal land in Queensland's

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, reaching from the headwaters of the

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east of

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to the vicinity of Dalby. Their southeastern neighbours were the

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. The northeastern border with the

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lay around Charley Creek across to the

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, while its westward extension went to the area of Wongorgera and Woleebee, beyond which were the

Mandandanji The Mandandanyi are an indigenous Australian people of Queensland. Country The Mandandanji owned of tribal territory, which took in the Maranoa and Balonne rivers north of St. George. Their western extension reached as far Bollon and Wallam ...

. The southern limits were at Tara, including also

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and

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History

The lands west and southeast of Brisbane struck early settlers as lush in their park-like landscapes, parts of which presented to the traveler grasslands so tall they reached to the height of the heads of riders on horseback. According to the historian Raymond Evans, the colonial takeover of the rich lands of not only the Baruŋgam, but also those of the Geynyon,

and Giabal was accomplished in a short 18 months in the early 1840s, when predominantly Scots settlers, accompanied by convicts and furnished with substantial stands of arms, and having excellent political connections in Brisbane, drove in roughly 100,000 sheep and 5,000 head of cattle.

Alternative names

* ''Barungam'' * ''Gogai, Cogai'' * ''Kogai'' (a language name used also for their western tribal neighbours' languages) * ''Murrumgama, Murrungama, Murrumningama'' * ''Parrungoom'' Source:

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