The Bugulmara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Country edit
The Bugulmara were indigenous to the area near Croydon, in the vicinity of which they have been estimated to have had some 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2) of territory. To their south were the Maikulan, with whom they shared strong ties.[1]
History of contact edit
The Bugulmara were quickly dispossessed of their lands following the mining boom that took place when gold was discovered in the area.[1]
Alternative names edit
Notes edit
- ^ La Mont West provided Tindale in a personal communication with information he had garnered on a tribe called the Balgalu, and Tindale concluded that they were essentially identical with the Bugulmara.[1]
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974, p. 166.
Sources edit
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Bugulmara (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.