The Yagalingu are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the state of
Queensland. Their language may have been a dialect of
Bidjara.
Country
According to
Norman Tindale, the Yagalingu had a territorial range of some , south from the headwaters of the
Belyando River
The Belyando River, including the Belyando River (Western Branch), is a river system located in Central Queensland, Australia. At in length and with a catchment area of , the Belyando River system is one of the longest rivers in Queensland.
It ...
south to
Avoca. The northern reaches lay around Laglan, while to the west they ran to the
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills, that runs rough ...
. Their eastern and southern limits were at th
Drummond Range
Social organization
The following clan groups are known
* ''Wakelbara'' (eel (''wakel'') clan, near Laglan
* ''Kokleburra''
* ''Owanburra/Kowanburra/Auanbura) (upper Belyando River).
Alternative names
* ''Wakelbara''
* ''Kokleburra''
* ''Owanburra''
* ''Kowanburra''
* ''Auanbura''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland