The Bullroarer Atlas

110 records · Australia

Bullroarer records — Australia

Source-backed 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.

Australia 110

  1. Adelaide tribes / Kaurna regionAdelaide region - Restricted
  2. Algamurra (Aboriginal Australian)Central Australia (1889 label 'Algamurra') - Function not recorded
  3. Antakirinya / Antikirinya / AntakarinjaNorth-west South Australia / Coober Pedy and Charlotte Waters region - Restricted
  4. Anula / Anula neighbours of BinbingaWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  5. Aranda / ArrernteCentral Australia (Aranda / Arrernte country) - Restricted
  6. Arunta / ArrernteMacDonnell Ranges / Alice Springs region - Restricted
  7. Bangerang (Pangerang)Murray-Goulburn River, northern Victoria and southern NSW (Cummeragunja) - Play / practical
  8. Barda / Bardadjawa (Bardi / Baada)Cape Leveque / Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley - Restricted
  9. Binbinga / BinbinkaWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  10. BirdunguWest Kimberley - Restricted
  11. Biripi (Birpai)Manning River / Hastings River (Taree, Port Macquarie) - Restricted
  12. Bloomfield RiverCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  13. Bunurang / BunurongVictoria - Play / practical
  14. Burdekin River near TownsvilleNorth Queensland - Function not recorded
  15. Burgess Point / Stingray Creek Area, Port Hedland ComplexWithin the last c. 7000 years - Western Australia / Pilbara / Port Hedland / Burgess Point - Function not recorded
  16. Butchulla (Badtjala)K'gari (Fraser Island) and adjacent Hervey Bay coast - Restricted
  17. CheparaQueensland / New South Wales border coast - Restricted
  18. Clarence and Richmond River tribesClarence and Richmond Rivers - Restricted
  19. Coast MurringRestricted
  20. Culgoa River tribesCulgoa River - Restricted
  21. Derby districtWest Kimberley - Restricted
  22. Dieri / DiyariRestricted
  23. Djauan / Jawoyn areaKatherine River / Djauan country - Restricted
  24. Drysdale River, KimberleyWestern Australia / Kimberley / Drysdale River - Restricted
  25. Euahlayi (Yuwaalaraay)Narran River / north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  26. Gascoyne regionGascoyne - Sacred / spirit
  27. Geawe-galHunter River valley (Glendon, Singleton) - Restricted
  28. GringaiWilliams River valley, Dungog-Gresford district - Restricted
  29. Iliaura (Alyawarre / Alyawarr)Upper Sandover River region, north-east of the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (Iliaura/Alyawarre country, immediately north of the Arunta) - Restricted
  30. ItchumundiLower Darling River (Wilcannia-Menindee-Bourke arc) - Restricted
  31. Iwaidja / Port EssingtonPort Essington / Cobourg Peninsula - Restricted
  32. KaiabaraWide Bay - Burnett, inland from Maryborough - Restricted
  33. Kaitish (Kaytetye)Sandover / Barrow Creek region - Restricted
  34. KamilaroiWeir River / Tallwood, Queensland - Restricted
  35. Karadjeri / KarajarriLa Grange / Bidyadanga, West Kimberley - Restricted
  36. Kimberley DistrictKimberley - Restricted
  37. Koko-yimidirr / McIvor RiverCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  38. Kurnai / GunaiRestricted
  39. Lake NaddernNamendarra Lake, Shire of Laverton, Western Australia (Peabody: 'Lake Naddern') - Restricted
  40. LardilMornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria - Play / practical
  41. LarrakiaDarwin / Larrakia country - Restricted
  42. Macleay and Bellinger River tribesMacleay and Bellinger Rivers - Restricted
  43. Mara (Marra), western Gulf of Carpentaria, mouth of the Limmen Bight RiverCoastal country around the mouth of the Limmen Bight River, southwest Gulf of Carpentaria, between the Roper River and Maria Island, Northern Territory - Restricted
  44. Mardu / Mardudjara (Western Desert; Jigalong)Western Desert of Western Australia, around Lake Disappointment (Kumpupintil) on the Little Sandy / Gibson Desert margins; people now centred on Jigalong - Restricted
  45. MartuthuniraPilbara coast - Restricted
  46. Matuntara (Kukata / Southern Luritja), western neighbours of the Aranda, Central AustraliaMatuntara (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
  47. Milingimbi Island / YurruwiMilingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory - Restricted
  48. Milparinka district (people not recorded)Corner Country, far north-western New South Wales - Function not recorded
  49. Mitirinji / Quoin IslandPrincess Charlotte Bay / Stewart River - Restricted
  50. Mount Barnett, KimberleyWestern Australia / Kimberley / Mount Barnett - Function not recorded
  51. Mount MargaretGoldfields / Mount Margaret - Restricted
  52. Mularatara / MatuntaraSouthern 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
  53. Mulga Downs (rock-art)Pilbara, Western Australia - Function not recorded
  54. Mulgrave River near CairnsNorth Queensland - Function not recorded
  55. MungaraiRoper River / Mataranka country - Restricted
  56. Murawari (Muruwari)Culgoa / Bokhara / Birrie / Nebine Rivers - Restricted
  57. Murinbata / Murrinh-PathaPort Keats / Daly region - Restricted
  58. Mycoololl / Flinders RiverNorth Queensland / Gulf country - Restricted
  59. 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
  60. Narrang-ga / NarunggaYorke Peninsula, South Australia - Restricted
  61. NgarigoMonaro / Snowy Mountains (Cooma, Bombala) - Restricted
  62. Ngarinyin (Ungarinyin)Northern Kimberley, WA, wandjina country - Restricted
  63. Ngatatara (Ngadadjara / Ngaatjatjarra)Western 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
  64. NunggubuyuNumbulwar, Arnhem Land (NT) - Restricted
  65. NyamalPilbara - Restricted
  66. Nyulnyul (Nyul Nyul)Western side of the Dampier Peninsula (Beagle Bay area), Kimberley region, Western Australia - Restricted
  67. Ooldea native campOoldea Soak, South Australia - Restricted
  68. Oscar Ranges / KimberleyOscar Ranges, Kimberley, Western Australia - Restricted
  69. 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
  70. PitjantjatjaraAnangu lands, NW South Australia / SW Northern Territory near Uluru - Restricted
  71. Pitta-Pitta, Roxburgh, Yaroinga, Kalkadoon, Mitakoodi, and neighboring groupsNorth-west-central Queensland - Restricted
  72. Port Lincoln tribes / Barngarla regionPort Lincoln - Restricted
  73. Roebourne, Western AustraliaWestern Australia / Roebourne - Function not recorded
  74. Roebuck Bay district (people not recorded)Roebuck Bay / Broome district, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  75. Shoalhaven and southeast coast tribesShoalhaven River and southeast coast NSW - Restricted
  76. South-West Australian Aboriginal people (Noongar country)South-West Western Australia (Noongar country) - Function not recorded
  77. Southern Cross districtYilgarn / Southern Cross - Function not recorded
  78. Sunday Island (Bardi/Jawi), KimberleyWestern Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Islands - Sacred / spirit
  79. Theddora (Dhudhuroa)Mitta Mitta / Kiewa / Upper Murray (Omeo, Wodonga) - Restricted
  80. Tjingilli (Jingulu)Newcastle Waters / Elliott (Barkly) - Restricted
  81. Tribes between the Hunter and Macleay RiversHunter to Macleay Rivers, New South Wales - Restricted
  82. Turrbal / Brisbane River allied tribesQueensland / Brisbane River - Restricted
  83. Unmatjera / AnmatyerreCentral Australia - Restricted
  84. Urabunna / ArabanaCentral Australia / Lake Eyre region - Restricted
  85. Urania Tribe / Linda CreekWestern Queensland / Linda Creek - Function not recorded
  86. Victoria River (Aboriginal Australian)Victoria River, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  87. Wajarri / WadjarriMurchison - Restricted
  88. Wambaya (Umbaia in Spencer and Gillen)Beetaloo Waterhole (Briggs Lagoon), Barkly Region - Restricted
  89. WardamanNorthern Territory - Function not recorded
  90. Warlpiri / WalbiriCentral Australia / Tanami Desert / Warlpiri country - Restricted
  91. WarnindhilyagwaGroote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, N - Function not recorded
  92. Warumungu (Warramunga)Tennant Creek district, Northern Territory - Restricted
  93. Wathi-wathi (Wadi-wadi)Murray River around Balranald / Tooleybuc - Restricted
  94. Wik-Mungkan / Archer Kendall Edward RiversWestern Cape York - Restricted
  95. Wiknatara (Wik-Iiyanh)Western Cape York, Aurukun region - Restricted
  96. Willilambi / Twilight CoveEucla / Twilight Cove - Function not recorded
  97. Wiradthuri / WiradjuriMacquarie and Bogan Rivers - Restricted
  98. Wiradthuri tribes on the upper MurrumbidgeeUpper Murrumbidgee River - Restricted
  99. Wolgal (Walgalu)Upper Murrumbidgee / Tumut / Kiandra - Restricted
  100. Wonghi / WonghibonNew South Wales - Restricted
  101. Worgait / WagaitWagait / Worgait country - Restricted
  102. WorimiPort Stephens / lower Hunter River - Restricted
  103. Wurunjerri / Wurundjeri, KulinYarra River / Kulin country, Victoria - Restricted
  104. WyndhamEast Kimberley - Function not recorded
  105. Yaraikanna (Yadhaykenu)Cape York tip (Somerset hinterland), Queensland - Restricted
  106. Yedinjie (?) — probably YidinjiCairns, North Queensland - Function not recorded
  107. YindjibarndiPilbara - Restricted
  108. Yolngu, Arnhem LandArnhem Land - Restricted
  109. YuinSoutheastern Australia - Restricted
  110. Yumu (Jumu)Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory — Haast Bluff (Paura) and Mount Liebig country, west of the central MacDonnell Ranges - Restricted