Billibellary

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Billibellary was a prominent 19th-century Wurundjeri ngurungaeta (clan leader) known for his role in early relations between his people and British colonists around the area now called Melbourne.

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Label Occurrences
Billibellary canonical 3

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous Australian leader ⓘ
Wurundjeri person ⓘ
clan leader ⓘ
ngurungaeta ⓘ
associatedWithEvent early settlement of Melbourne ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Naarm (Melbourne) area ⓘ
linked to: Port Phillip region
country Australia ⓘ
culture Kulin ⓘ
linked to: Kulin Nation

Wurundjeri ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri Country
ethnicGroup Wurundjeri ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri Country
gender male ⓘ
hasTitle ngurungaeta of Wurundjeri-willam clan ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
historicalContext early British colonisation of Victoria ⓘ
indigenousNation Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin Nation
knownFor attempts to protect Wurundjeri land and people ⓘ
early relations between Wurundjeri people and British colonists ⓘ
interactions with early Melbourne settlers ⓘ
leadership during early colonisation of Port Phillip ⓘ
languageGroup Woiwurrung language ⓘ
nativeTo lands around the Yarra River ⓘ
notableFor mediating between Wurundjeri people and British authorities ⓘ
resistance to loss of Wurundjeri land ⓘ
occupation Aboriginal leader ⓘ
partOf Kulin nation ⓘ
linked to: Kulin Nation
partOfCommunity Wurundjeri-willam clan ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri people
people Woiwurrung ⓘ
linked to: Woiwurrung language
region Port Phillip District ⓘ
linked to: Port Phillip region

area now known as Melbourne ⓘ
role Wurundjeri ngurungaeta ⓘ
linked to: Wurundjeri Country

clan headman ⓘ
sourceType historical figure ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Wurundjeri people → hasNotableLeader → Billibellary ⓘ
Simon Wonga → father → Billibellary ⓘ
Simon Wonga → predecessor → Billibellary ⓘ