Kulin peoples

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The Kulin peoples are an alliance of several Aboriginal Australian nations from central Victoria, including groups such as the Wurundjeri, who share related languages, cultures, and deep ancestral connections to the Melbourne region and surrounding lands.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kulin peoples canonical 6
Kulin nations 3
Kulin nation 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian peoples alliance ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
affectedBy British colonisation of Victoria ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice corroboree ceremonies ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
culturalRegion Kulin Nation ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Victoria ⓘ
governedBy customary law ⓘ
hasAncestralConnectionTo Birrarung (Yarra River) ⓘ
linked to: Yarra River

Naarm (Melbourne area) ⓘ
linked to: Melbourne

Port Phillip Bay ⓘ
Yarra River ⓘ
hasConceptOf Country (ancestral land and waters) ⓘ
hasPart Boonwurrung people ⓘ
Dja Dja Wurrung people ⓘ
Taungurung people ⓘ
Wathaurong people ⓘ
Wurundjeri people ⓘ
hasSacredSite Mount William (Wil-im-ee Moor-ring) ⓘ
linked to: Mount William

Yarra River falls (historical) ⓘ
hasTotemicAncestor Bunjil ⓘ
Waang ⓘ
historicalEvent early contact with British settlers in Port Phillip district ⓘ
languageFamily Kulin languages ⓘ
modernRecognition acknowledged as Traditional Owners in Melbourne land acknowledgements ⓘ
practices fire-stick farming ⓘ
seasonal movement across country ⓘ
region Central Victoria ⓘ
Melbourne region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Melbourne

Port Phillip region ⓘ
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
sharesCultureWith Wurundjeri people ⓘ
sharesLanguageFeaturesWith Wurundjeri people ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
moiety system ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalLanguageGroup Boonwurrung language ⓘ
Djadjawurrung language ⓘ
Taungurung language ⓘ
Wathaurong language ⓘ
Woiwurrung language ⓘ
traditionalOwnerOf Melbourne area ⓘ
linked to: Greater Melbourne
usesMoietySystem Bunjil moiety ⓘ
linked to: Bunjil

Waang moiety ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wurundjeri people → ethnicGroupOf → Kulin peoples ⓘ
Wergaia people → ethnicGroupOf → Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples
Jardwadjali people → arePartOf → Kulin nations (broad cultural grouping) ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples
Bunurong people → partOf → Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples
Bunurong people → culturalGroup → Kulin peoples ⓘ
Woiwurrung language → spokenBy → Kulin peoples ⓘ
Bunjil and Waa → hasCulturalContext → Kulin nations ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples
Waa → associatedWithRegion → Kulin nations ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples
William Barak → culture → Kulin nations ⓘ
linked to: Kulin peoples