The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 181 records

Bullroarer records — Australia

Bullroarer record pages from Australia, grouped by present-day country. Each page keeps the record text, source line, image credit, and a link back to the same point on the interactive map.

Shared traditions: Australia · Sahul · Northern Australian Kunapipi / Gunabibi · Southeastern Daramulun initiation networks

Australia 181

  1. Hackett's four Musgrave–Mann bladesSouth Australia / Musgrave and Mann Ranges · Restricted
  2. Adelaide kadnomarngutta and wimmarriAdelaide region · Restricted
  3. Antakirinya pulpiŋba, iguana ancestorsNorth-west South Australia / Coober Pedy and Charlotte Waters region · Restricted
  4. Anula Gnabaia bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria · Restricted
  5. Aranda churinga: an ancestor's other bodyCentral Australia (Aranda / Arrernte country) · Restricted
  6. Witchetty-grub churinga with its hollow gripNewcastle Waters, Northern Territory (historic South Australia attribution) · Restricted
  7. Tempe Downs churinga ilkiniaTempe Downs / Northern Territory · Restricted
  8. Arunta churinga bullroarer complexMacDonnell Ranges / Alice Springs region · Restricted
  9. Awarai Rum Jungle elder-restricted bullroarer makingRum Jungle to Brocks Creek, Northern Territory · Restricted
  10. Badimaya nganirri bullroarerMurchison / Lake Moore / Ninghan Station / Paynes Find · Function not recorded
  11. Bangerang (Pangerang)Murray-Goulburn River, northern Victoria and southern NSW (Cummeragunja) · Play / practical
  12. Bardi galaguru, flung into the CoalsackCape Leveque / Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley · Restricted
  13. Binbinga Katajalina bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria · Restricted
  14. Birdhawal Turndun initiation bullroarerNortheast Gippsland / Cann River / Victoria-New South Wales border · Restricted
  15. Pearl-shell churinga pierced to whirlWest Kimberley · Restricted
  16. Biripi (Birpai)Manning River / Hastings River (Taree, Port Macquarie) · Restricted
  17. The bull-roarer that came lastCape York Peninsula · Restricted
  18. Broome bullroarer with its cordBroome, West Kimberley district, Western Australia · Restricted
  19. Mimikur bullroarer songs, Mount Gambier regionSoutheast of South Australia (Mount Gambier, Lacepede Bay, lower Coorong); southern Ngarrindjeri-family country · Sacred / spirit
  20. Bungyarlee and Parkungi moola-uncka initiation bullroarerMomba Station / Wilcannia / northern River Darling · Restricted
  21. Bunuba novice's ancestral-voice roarerFitzroy River and the Napier, Oscar and Leopold ranges, south-west Kimberley, Western Australia · Restricted
  22. Bunurong Victoria child-play bullroarerVictoria · Play / practical
  23. Burdekin River hair-strung bullroarerNorth Queensland · Function not recorded
  24. Burgess Point / Port Hedland Complex bullroarer motifWithin the last c. 7,000 years · Western Australia / Pilbara / Port Hedland / Burgess Point · Function not recorded
  25. Butchulla (Badtjala)K'gari (Fraser Island) and adjacent Hervey Bay coast · Restricted
  26. Charlotte Waters emu churingaCharlotte Waters and Hermannsburg, Northern Territory (both places named in the museum's locality string) · Restricted
  27. Chepara bribbun death-taboo bullroarerQueensland / New South Wales border coast · Restricted
  28. Clarence Richmond dhooanbooka yoolundry dhalguñgunClarence and Richmond Rivers · Restricted
  29. Clews Ridge small burnt bullroarerAfter c. AD 1800 · New South Wales / Greater Blue Mountains / Wollemi National Park · Function not recorded
  30. Coast Murring Mudji bullroarerRestricted
  31. Cossack bullroarerPilbara / north-west coast, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  32. Cromer Valley bent-line motifc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 · Cromer Valley / Wheeler Creek, Northern Beaches, Sydney, New South Wales · Function not recorded
  33. Culgoa wuddoolnurran and ghidjoolkumbalCulgoa River · Restricted
  34. Dalabon Lumaluma bullroarerSouthern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory · Restricted
  35. Daly Waters concentric-circle bullroarerDaly Waters, Northern Territory · Restricted
  36. Calga Daramulan thundering-voice bullroarerCalga Aboriginal Cultural Landscape / Peats Ridge songline / Central Coast · Restricted
  37. Derby district bullroarer SLWA Bates 95-5West Kimberley · Restricted
  38. Dieri yuntha bullroarerRestricted
  39. Dja Dja Wurrung growing-song roarerLoddon and Avoca rivers, central Victoria (Jajaurung country) · Restricted
  40. Djauan Katherine Kunapippi or KunabibbiKatherine River / Djauan country · Restricted
  41. Drysdale River Kimberley Peabody bullroarerWestern Australia / Kimberley / Drysdale River · Restricted
  42. Ellis Trig oval engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 · New South Wales / Ku-ring-gai / Cottage Point · Function not recorded
  43. Euahlayi Narran River Gayandi / Gurraymi Boorah bullroarerNarran River / north-western New South Wales · Restricted
  44. Fitzroy River painted wood bullroarerKimberley / Fitzroy River · Restricted
  45. Flat Rocks Ridge oval-and-line engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 · New South Wales / Hawkesbury River / Dharug (Daruk) country near Gunderman · Function not recorded
  46. Fortescue River ancestor-design bullroarer pairFortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia · Restricted
  47. Gascoyne Mooryumkarr spirit-chaserGascoyne · Sacred / spirit
  48. Geawe-galHunter River valley (Glendon, Singleton) · Restricted
  49. Gringai Torikotti bullroarerWilliams River valley, Dungog-Gresford district · Restricted
  50. Gudanji McArthur River snake-totem churinga bullroarerMcArthur River Station, Gulf country, Northern Territory · Sacred / spirit
  51. Gugu Yalanji-area jinna-juronggor wind charmButcher's Hill / Boggy Creek Reserve southwest of Cooktown · Sacred / spirit
  52. Gungganyji Cape Grafton roarerCape Grafton / Jilliburri, North Queensland · Play / practical
  53. Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr buralaEastern Arnhem Land / Howard Island · Sacred / spirit
  54. Hidden Valley bullroarer paintingsUndated · Kimberley, Western Australia / Hidden Valley, Kununurra · Function not recorded
  55. Iliaura (Alyawarre)Upper Sandover River region, north-east of the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (Iliaura/Alyawarre country, immediately north of the Arunta) · Restricted
  56. ItchumundiLower Darling River (Wilcannia-Menindee-Bourke arc) · Restricted
  57. Iwaidja Port Essington KurrabudjiPort Essington / Cobourg Peninsula · Restricted
  58. Jirrbal and Girramay bibu bullroarerMurray Upper-Cardwell rainforest, northeastern Queensland · Restricted
  59. Jangman (Yungman) Purdagiair bullroarerElsey / Roper River headwaters (Jangman country) · Sacred / spirit
  60. KaiabaraWide Bay - Burnett, inland from Maryborough · Restricted
  61. Kaitish (Kaytetye)Sandover / Barrow Creek region · Restricted
  62. Kamilaroi Weir River murrawan and mooniburrigeanWeir River / Tallwood, Queensland · Restricted
  63. Karadjeri roarer shown after the cutLa Grange / Bidyadanga, West Kimberley · Restricted
  64. Kariyarra (Kariera) banangari bullroarersPilbara coast around Port Hedland · Sacred / spirit
  65. Katherine River bullroarer with a human-hair loopKatherine River district, Northern Territory · Restricted
  66. Kimberley mero-mero, taken as a weaponKimberley · Restricted
  67. Kings Tableland bullroarer stencilsWithin the last c. 4,000 years · New South Wales / Blue Mountains / Kings Tableland · Sacred / spirit
  68. McIvor River Koko-yimidir dunggulCape York Peninsula · Restricted
  69. Kookynie district initiation bullroarerKookynie district / Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  70. Kulgera Rainbow Serpent churingaKulgera, Northern Territory, Australia · Restricted
  71. Kurnai Tundun bullroarerRestricted
  72. Lake Naddern Peabody bullroarerNamendarra Lake, Shire of Laverton, Western Australia (Peabody: 'Lake Naddern') · Restricted
  73. Lardil blade that assembled the groupMornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria · Play / practical
  74. Larrakia Bidu-bidu DarwinDarwin / Larrakia country · Restricted
  75. Arrernte tywerrenge of the Pultara classCharlotte Waters telegraph station, southern Northern Territory near the South Australian border; Lower / Southern Arrernte (Arandic) country · Restricted
  76. Jay Creek tjuringa of 1953Jay Creek (Iwupataka), MacDonnell Ranges, west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory · Restricted
  77. Macleay Bellinger gheewarra ngaranya yeemboomulMacleay and Bellinger Rivers · Restricted
  78. Mara (Marra)Coastal country around the mouth of the Limmen Bight River, southwest Gulf of Carpentaria, between the Roper River and Maria Island, Northern Territory · Restricted
  79. Mardu (Mardudjara) Western Desert sacred-board bullroarerWestern Desert of Western Australia, around Lake Disappointment (Kumpupintil) on the Little Sandy / Gibson Desert margins; people now centred on Jigalong · Restricted
  80. Boonangharry against the djunoPilbara coast · Sacred / spirit
  81. Matuntara (Kukata)Matuntara (Kukata) country south of the Levi Range, around the Palmer River tributary of the Finke River, eastward to Erldunda and westward to Curtin Springs, straddling the Northern Territory / South Australia border · Restricted
  82. Yirrkala craft-shop bullroarerYirrkala, north-east Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (probable point of production; the museum's printed locality is Woomera, South Australia) · Function not recorded
  83. Milingimbi blade with human-hair cordMilingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory · Restricted
  84. Toon Doon on a human-hair cordCorner Country, far north-western New South Wales · Restricted
  85. Mitirinji Quoin Island panmaddaPrincess Charlotte Bay / Stewart River · Restricted
  86. Momba Station bullroarer with its stringMomba Station, Darling and Paroo river system, north-western New South Wales · Restricted
  87. Mount Barnett bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Kimberley / Mount Barnett · Restricted
  88. Mount Margaret Hambly cat 173154Goldfields / Mount Margaret · Restricted
  89. Mularatara (Matuntara)Southern Western Desert: Palmer River country south of the Levi Range, east to Erldunda and west to Curtin Springs, extending across the Northern Territory border into northern South Australia · Restricted
  90. Mulga Downs cave-cached bladesPilbara, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  91. Mulgrave River PeriperipoNorth Queensland · Function not recorded
  92. Mungarai Roper-Mataranka KunapippiRoper River / Mataranka country · Restricted
  93. Murawari (Muruwari)Culgoa / Bokhara / Birrie / Nebine Rivers · Restricted
  94. Murinbata Karwadi Punj ngawuruPort Keats / Daly region · Restricted
  95. Flinders River Mycoolon mobolahNorth Queensland / Gulf country · Restricted
  96. NambutjiNorthern Western Desert, Luritja-speaking country north of the Pitjantjatjara and west of the Aranda, around the Mount Liebig–Haasts Bluff–Lake Macdonald corridor on the Northern Territory side near the Western Australia border · Restricted
  97. Nanggumiri Karwadi All-Mother cult transmissionFlora River / central Daly River, Northern Territory · Restricted
  98. Narrang-ga / Narungga restricted bullroarerYorke Peninsula, South Australia · Restricted
  99. Ngalakan (Nullakun) Kunapippi bullroarerRoper River / southern Arnhem Land (Ngalakan country) · Restricted
  100. NgarigoMonaro / Snowy Mountains (Cooma, Bombala) · Restricted
  101. Ngarinyin (Ungarinyin)Northern Kimberley, WA, wandjina country · Restricted
  102. Ngarluma (Ngaluma) banangari bullroarerPilbara coast between Maitland and Sherlock rivers · Sacred / spirit
  103. Sherlock River cora, the devil-scarersPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  104. Ngatatara (Ngadadjara) — namatunaWestern Desert, centred on the Warburton Ranges (eastern WA, extending into SW Northern Territory and NW South Australia); the namatuna myth was recorded by Roheim from the Ngatatara man Kulaia (with the Aranda man Thomas) at Hermannsburg Mission, Aranda country (NT) · Restricted
  105. Painted North Queensland fire-plough boardNorth Queensland · Function not recorded
  106. The hair cord that swung Ngara-MamurnaNumbulwar, Arnhem Land (NT) · Restricted
  107. Nyamal cora with a carved figurePilbara · Restricted
  108. Nyamal cora eaten by white antsPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  109. Nyulnyul (Nyul Nyul), Beagle BayWestern side of the Dampier Peninsula (Beagle Bay area), Kimberley region, Western Australia · Restricted
  110. Ooldea Soak initiation bullroarerOoldea Soak, South Australia · Restricted
  111. Oscar Ranges Kimberley bullroarerOscar Ranges, Kimberley, Western Australia · Restricted
  112. Victorian bullroarer on its human-hair cordAustralia / Victoria · Restricted
  113. Five serpent tracks on an ochred miniatureCentral Australia · Restricted
  114. Western Australian ancestor-voice zigzagWestern Australia · Restricted
  115. Darkwood leaf blade with cordProbable Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  116. Whirler still tied to its stickWestern Queensland · Function not recorded
  117. Pindupi (Pintupi)Western Desert, between Lake Mackay and Lake Macdonald along the WA/NT border (Kintore Range / Walungurru); Roheim's Pindupi data gathered from his 1929 base at Hermannsburg in Central Australia · Restricted
  118. PitjantjatjaraAnangu lands, NW South Australia / SW Northern Territory near Uluru · Restricted
  119. Roth north-west-central Queensland whirler complexNorth-west-central Queensland · Restricted
  120. Port Lincoln witarna and pullakalliPort Lincoln · Restricted
  121. Potaruwutj mimikur talking-tree bullroarerTatiara / Naracoorte-Bordertown district / South Australia · Sacred / spirit
  122. Mathaman Marika's Wawaluk lagoon paintingNorth-east Arnhem Land / Yirrkala · Restricted
  123. Roebourne bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Roebourne · Restricted
  124. Roebuck Bay whistling-stick bullroarerRoebuck Bay / Broome district, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  125. Shoalhaven southeast coast mooroongaShoalhaven River and southeast coast NSW · Restricted
  126. South-West Australian woondahSouth-West Western Australia (Noongar country) · Play / practical
  127. Southern Cross stone yeenmaYilgarn / Southern Cross · Function not recorded
  128. Sunday Island bullroarer (Mjöberg expedition)Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Islands · Sacred / spirit
  129. Table-land cora, place unwrittenPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  130. Tasmania's hidden roarlutruwita / Tasmania · Restricted
  131. Tati Tati (Ta-ta-thi) Kalk bullroarer nameMurray River below the Murrumbidgee junction (Tati Tati country) · Function not recorded
  132. Theddora (Dhudhuroa)Mitta Mitta / Kiewa / Upper Murray (Omeo, Wodonga) · Restricted
  133. Tjingilli (Jingulu)Newcastle Waters / Elliott (Barkly) · Restricted
  134. Western Cape York pipe-ra-chy initiation bullroarerWestern Cape York Peninsula / Batavia (Wenlock) River · Restricted
  135. Hunter-Macleay gonnandhakeenHunter to Macleay Rivers, New South Wales · Restricted
  136. Brisbane River initiation bullroarersQueensland / Brisbane River · Restricted
  137. Ungarinyin and Wurara/Worora closed-archive bullroarersNorth Kimberley / Prince Regent and related Kimberley archive region · Restricted
  138. Gunggari Bora ceremony bullroarerQueensland / Maranoa River district · Restricted
  139. Unmatjera Twanyirika bullroarerCentral Australia · Restricted
  140. Wilmurra, a gidya-wood bladeSouth-east Queensland interior (register 'Algamurra') · Restricted
  141. Hexagon-lattice blade, a Kalgoorlie miner's giftWestern Australia goldfields (acquisition locality) · Function not recorded
  142. Paroo-Warrego-Mungalella young-men-making bull-roarerUpper Paroo and Warrego Rivers / Mungalella (Mungallala) Creek, south-west Queensland · Restricted
  143. Urabunna chimbaliri bullroarerCentral Australia / Lake Eyre region · Restricted
  144. Urania Tribe Linda Creek bull-roarerWestern Queensland / Linda Creek · Restricted
  145. Victoria River black wooden bullroarerVictoria River, Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  146. Wajarri churinga carved from shellMurchison · Restricted
  147. Bullroarers the Ganabuda women swung firstBalgo (Wirrimanu), northern Western Desert, Western Australia · Restricted
  148. Wambaya (Umbaia) Beetaloo purtuliBeetaloo Waterhole (Briggs Lagoon), Barkly Region · Restricted
  149. Wangkangurru inchitcha bullroarerMungeranie / country east of Lake Eyre · Restricted
  150. Kuraba snake blades cached in caveNorthern Territory · Function not recorded
  151. Mamu Gulngay wungumali bullroarerJohnstone River / lower Tully-Murray rainforest / North Queensland · Sacred / spirit
  152. Yuendumu Warlpiri ornamented bladeWest of Yuendumu mission station, Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  153. Warlpiri bullroarers of the Mamandabari heroesCentral Australia / Tanami Desert / Warlpiri country · Restricted
  154. Warnindhilyagwa blade of totemic motifsGroote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, N · Function not recorded
  155. Warumungu Tennant Creek murtu-murtu initiation bullroarerTennant Creek district, Northern Territory · Restricted
  156. Wathi-wathi (Wadi-wadi) Kalari Burbung bullroarerMurray River around Balranald / Tooleybuc · Restricted
  157. Etarratarra twin-boys bullroarersUndated · Northern Territory / Finke Gorge National Park / Palm Valley · Sacred / spirit
  158. Aritunga, one large and one smallHermannsburg region, Northern Territory · Restricted
  159. Desert-tribe cora with snake and dancerPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  160. Wik-Mungkan moiya and paka paka bullroarer mythsWestern Cape York · Restricted
  161. Wiknatara (Wik-Iiyanh)Western Cape York, Aurukun region · Restricted
  162. Willilambi boorbing and yeenmaEucla / Twilight Cove · Restricted
  163. Wiluna initiation bullroarerWiluna / Mid West, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  164. Wiradthuri Macquarie-Bogan mudthega and moonibearMacquarie and Bogan Rivers · Restricted
  165. Upper Murrumbidgee mundjeegongUpper Murrumbidgee River · Restricted
  166. Wolgal (Walgalu)Upper Murrumbidgee / Tumut / Kiandra · Restricted
  167. Wonghi/Wonghibon initiation bullroarerNew South Wales · Restricted
  168. Worgait Bidu-Bidu or Bidju-BidjuWagait / Worgait country · Restricted
  169. WorimiPort Stephens / lower Hunter River · Restricted
  170. Wulwulam Mary River discarded initiation bullroarersMary River headwaters / Pine Creek, Northern Territory · Restricted
  171. Wurunjerri / Wurundjeri initiation messenger bullroarerYarra River / Kulin country, Victoria · Restricted
  172. Wyndham pair pierced at both endsEast Kimberley · Restricted
  173. Yandruwandha thuburu exile-signal bullroarerInnamincka / Cooper Creek / northeastern South Australia · Play / practical
  174. Yaraikanna (umbalako)Cape York tip (Somerset hinterland), Queensland · Restricted
  175. Djäbulju's galiguru from the southRoebuck Bay / Roebuck Plains, south of Broome, West Kimberley, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  176. Cairns X-ray fish bullroarerCairns, North Queensland · Restricted
  177. Purliwarna of the Birdarra LawPilbara · Restricted
  178. Yir-Yoront yoq-par-muw initiation boardLower Mitchell River / Kowanyama (Mitchell River Mission), Cape York Peninsula · Restricted
  179. Yolngu python paddle, Yurlunggur's voiceArnhem Land · Restricted
  180. Yuin Daramulun voice bullroarerSoutheastern Australia · Restricted
  181. Yumu (Jumu)Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory — Haast Bluff (Paura) and Mount Liebig country, west of the central MacDonnell Ranges · Restricted