Wurundjeri people

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The Wurundjeri people are an Aboriginal Australian group of the Kulin Nation, whose traditional lands encompass much of present-day Melbourne and the surrounding Yarra Valley region in Victoria.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
acknowledgedIn Acknowlegement of Country statements in Melbourne ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Coranderrk Aboriginal Station ⓘ
Healesville region ⓘ
colonialImpact land dispossession ⓘ
population decline from disease and violence ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice corroboree ceremonies ⓘ
oral history traditions ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
currentActivities Welcome to Country ceremonies ⓘ
cultural heritage management ⓘ
land management and caring for Country ⓘ
language and cultural revival ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Kulin peoples ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasNotableLeader Billibellary ⓘ
Simon Wonga ⓘ
William Barak ⓘ
hasTotemicAncestor Bunjil ⓘ
Waa ⓘ
hasTraditionalOwnerCorporation Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ
languageFamily Kulin languages ⓘ
Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
moietySystem Bunjil and Waa ⓘ
partOf Kulin Nation ⓘ
practiced fire-stick farming ⓘ
seasonal movement across country ⓘ
preColonialLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersBy Victorian Government ⓘ
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf Melbourne ⓘ
Yarra Ranges ⓘ
parts of Port Phillip ⓘ
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
state Victoria ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Woiwurrung language ⓘ
traditionalNameForYarraRiver Birrarung ⓘ
traditionalRegion Central Victoria ⓘ
Melbourne region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Melbourne

Port Phillip region ⓘ
Yarra Valley ⓘ
traditionalRiver Birrarung (Yarra River) ⓘ
linked to: Yarra River

Merri Creek ⓘ
Plenty River ⓘ
Yarra River ⓘ
usedResource eucalypt trees for bark and tools ⓘ
riverine resources such as fish and eels ⓘ

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Yarra River → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Aboriginal Australians → hasPart → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Birrarung → associatedWithPeople → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Birrarung → usedBy → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Merri Creek → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Hanging Rock, Victoria → associatedWithPeople → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Bunurong people → neighbouringGroup → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
City of Boroondara → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Bundoora, Victoria → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Kulin Nation territory → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Kulin languages → traditionalLanguageOf → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Wurundjeri Country → partOf → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Wurundjeri Country → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Wurundjeri Country → associatedWith → Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Wurundjeri Country → hasSpiritualConnectionFor → Wurundjeri Elders ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Wurundjeri Country → preColonialInhabitants → Wurundjeri clans ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Kulin Nation → composedOf → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Kulin Nation → hasEthnicGroup → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Woiwurrung language → spokenBy → Woiwurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Woiwurrung language → spokenBy → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Woiwurrung language → associatedWithTribe → Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Woiwurrung language → traditionalLanguageOf → Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Kulin peoples → hasPart → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Kulin peoples → sharesCultureWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Kulin peoples → sharesLanguageFeaturesWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Bunjil and Waa → associatedWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Bunjil moiety → associatedWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bunjil and Waa
Waa moiety → associatedWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
subject linked to: Bunjil and Waa
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation → represents → Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation → associatedPeople → Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Elders ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Bunjil → associatedPeople → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Bunjil → veneratedBy → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Waa → reveredBy → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Waa → associatedWithCulture → Wurundjeri culture ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Waa → totemFor → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Billibellary → hasTitle → ngurungaeta of Wurundjeri-willam clan ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Billibellary → partOfCommunity → Wurundjeri-willam clan ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Simon Wonga → associatedWith → Wurundjeri people ⓘ
Simon Wonga → commemoratedBy → Wurundjeri community ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Taungurung people → relatedEthnicGroup → Woiwurrung people ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
Healesville → traditionalOwners → Wurundjeri people ⓘ