The Baruŋgam are an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people of
Southeast Queensland.
Language
The earliest wordlist of the
Barunggam language was compiled by Harriott Barlow, from Warkon Station on the
Balonne River, and which was published in 1873.
Country
The Baruŋgam had an estimated of tribal land in Queensland's
Western Downs Region
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, reaching from the headwaters of the
Condamine River
The Condamine River, part of the Balonne catchment that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin, drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland, Australia. The river is approximately 500 kilometres (3 ...
east of
Jackson to the vicinity of
Dalby. Their southeastern neighbours were the
Jarowair. The northeastern border with the
Wakawaka lay around Charley Creek across to the
Great Dividing Range
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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 Aboriginal Australian people of Queensland.
Country
The Mandandanji occupied of tribal territory, which took in the Maranoa and Balonne rivers north of St. George. Their western extension reached as far Bollon and Wall ...
. The southern limits were at
Tara, including also
Chinchilla
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and
Jandowae.
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,
Jarowair 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:
Notable Baruŋgam
Charles Samuels (athlete)
See also
*
Indigenous Collection (Miles District Historical Village)
Notes
Citations
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland