The Bullroarer Atlas

173 records · Australia

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.

Australia 173

  1. Hackett's four Musgrave–Mann bladesSouth Australia / Musgrave and Mann Ranges - Function not recorded
  2. Adelaide kadnomarngutta and wimmarriAdelaide region - Restricted
  3. Wilmurra, a gidya-wood bladeCentral Australia (1889 label 'Algamurra') - Function not recorded
  4. Antakirinya Cormier/Jones initiation bullroarerNorth-west South Australia / Coober Pedy and Charlotte Waters region - Restricted
  5. Anula Gnabaia bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  6. Aranda churinga, Spencer collection (Kunstkamera, 1908)Central Australia (Aranda / Arrernte country) - Restricted
  7. Tempe Downs churinga ilkiniaTempe Downs / Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  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. Bandjin Tikovina: Kohin’s flying war-charmHinchinbrook Island and the Herbert River mouth, north Queensland - Sacred / spirit
  12. Bangerang (Pangerang)Murray-Goulburn River, northern Victoria and southern NSW (Cummeragunja) - Play / practical
  13. Barda / Bardadjawa Laves bullroarer catalogueCape Leveque / Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley - Restricted
  14. Binbinga Katajalina bullroarerWestern Gulf of Carpentaria - Restricted
  15. Birdhawal Turndun initiation bullroarerNortheast Gippsland / Cann River / Victoria-New South Wales border - Restricted
  16. Pearl-shell churinga pierced to whirlWest Kimberley - Restricted
  17. Biripi (Birpai)Manning River / Hastings River (Taree, Port Macquarie) - Restricted
  18. Bloomfield River initiation bullroarer instructionCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  19. Broome bullroarer with its cordBroome, West Kimberley district, Western Australia - Restricted
  20. Mimikur bullroarer songs, Mount Gambier regionSoutheast of South Australia (Mount Gambier, Lacepede Bay, lower Coorong); southern Ngarrindjeri-family country - Sacred / spirit
  21. Bungyarlee and Parkungi moola-uncka initiation bullroarerMomba Station / Wilcannia / northern River Darling - Restricted
  22. Bunurang Victoria child-play bullroarerVictoria - Play / practical
  23. Burdekin River near Townsville BM Oc1977-03-1North 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 dhalgungunClarence and Richmond Rivers - Restricted
  29. Clews Ridge small burnt bullroarerProbably after 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 - Function not recorded
  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. Daly Waters concentric-circle bullroarerDaly Waters, Northern Territory - Restricted
  35. Calga Daramulan thundering-voice bullroarerCalga Aboriginal Cultural Landscape / Peats Ridge songline / Central Coast - Restricted
  36. Derby district bullroarer SLWA Bates 95-5West Kimberley - Restricted
  37. Dieri yuntha bullroarerRestricted
  38. Djauan Katherine Kunapippi or KunabibbiKatherine River / Djauan country - Restricted
  39. Drysdale River Kimberley Peabody bullroarerWestern Australia / Kimberley / Drysdale River - Restricted
  40. Ellis Trig oval engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 - New South Wales / Ku-ring-gai / Cottage Point - Function not recorded
  41. Euahlayi Narran River Gayandi / Gurraymi Boorah bullroarerNarran River / north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  42. Fitzroy River painted wood bullroarerKimberley / Fitzroy River - Restricted
  43. Flat Rocks Ridge oval-and-line engravingc. 3000 BC–AD 1800 - New South Wales / Hawkesbury River / Dharug (Daruk) country near Gunderman - Function not recorded
  44. Fortescue River ancestor-design bullroarer pairFortescue River, Pilbara, Western Australia - Restricted
  45. Gascoyne Mooryumkarr spirit-chaserGascoyne - Sacred / spirit
  46. Geawe-galHunter River valley (Glendon, Singleton) - Restricted
  47. Gringai Torikotti bullroarerWilliams River valley, Dungog-Gresford district - Restricted
  48. Gudanji McArthur River snake-totem churinga bullroarerMcArthur River Station, Gulf country, Northern Territory - Sacred / spirit
  49. Gugu Yalanji-area jinna-juronggor wind charmButcher's Hill / Boggy Creek Reserve southwest of Cooktown - Sacred / spirit
  50. Gungganyji Cape Grafton roarerCape Grafton / Jilliburri, North Queensland - Play / practical
  51. Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr buralaEastern Arnhem Land / Howard Island - Sacred / spirit
  52. Hidden Valley bullroarer paintingsUndated - Kimberley, Western Australia / Hidden Valley, Kununurra - Function not recorded
  53. Iliaura (Alyawarre)Upper Sandover River region, north-east of the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (Iliaura/Alyawarre country, immediately north of the Arunta) - Restricted
  54. ItchumundiLower Darling River (Wilcannia-Menindee-Bourke arc) - Restricted
  55. Iwaidja Port Essington KurahudjiPort Essington / Cobourg Peninsula - Restricted
  56. Jabunbarra Jirrbal and Girramay bibu bullroarerMurray Upper-Cardwell rainforest, northeastern Queensland - Function not recorded
  57. Jangman (Yungman) Purdagiair bullroarerElsey / Roper River headwaters (Jangman country) - Sacred / spirit
  58. KaiabaraWide Bay - Burnett, inland from Maryborough - Restricted
  59. Kaitish (Kaytetye)Sandover / Barrow Creek region - Restricted
  60. Kamilaroi Weir River murrawan and mooniburrigeanWeir River / Tallwood, Queensland - Restricted
  61. Karadjeri / Karajarri initiation bullroarerLa Grange / Bidyadanga, West Kimberley - Restricted
  62. Kariyarra (Kariera) banangari bullroarersPilbara coast around Port Hedland - Sacred / spirit
  63. Katherine River bullroarer with a human-hair loopKatherine River district, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  64. Kimberley District BM Oc1899-477Kimberley - Restricted
  65. Kings Tableland bullroarer stencilsWithin the last c. 4,000 years - New South Wales / Blue Mountains / Kings Tableland - Sacred / spirit
  66. McIvor River Koko-yimidirr dunggulCape York Peninsula - Restricted
  67. Kookynie district initiation bullroarerKookynie district / Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  68. Kulgera Rainbow Serpent churingaKulgera, Northern Territory, Australia - Restricted
  69. Kurnai Tundun bullroarerRestricted
  70. Lake Naddern Peabody bullroarerNamendarra Lake, Shire of Laverton, Western Australia (Peabody: 'Lake Naddern') - Restricted
  71. Lardil blade that assembled the groupMornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria - Play / practical
  72. Larrakia Bidu-bidu DarwinDarwin / Larrakia country - Restricted
  73. Arrernte tywerrenge of the Pultara classCharlotte Waters telegraph station, southern Northern Territory near the South Australian border; Lower / Southern Arrernte (Arandic) country - Restricted
  74. Macleay Bellinger gheewarra ngaranya yeemboomulMacleay and Bellinger Rivers - Restricted
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. Boonangharry against the djunoPilbara coast - Sacred / spirit
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. Milingimbi blade with human-hair cordMilingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory - Restricted
  81. Toon Doon on a human-hair cordCorner Country, far north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  82. Mitirinji Quoin Island panmaddaPrincess Charlotte Bay / Stewart River - Restricted
  83. Momba Station bullroarer with its stringMomba Station, Darling and Paroo river system, north-western New South Wales - Restricted
  84. Mount Barnett bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Kimberley / Mount Barnett - Restricted
  85. Mount Margaret Hambly cat 173154Goldfields / Mount Margaret - Restricted
  86. 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
  87. Mulga Downs cave-cached bladesPilbara, Western Australia - Function not recorded
  88. Cairns and Mulgrave Periperipo BM Oc1900-0723-46North Queensland - Function not recorded
  89. Mungarai Roper-Mataranka KunapippiRoper River / Mataranka country - Restricted
  90. Murawari (Muruwari)Culgoa / Bokhara / Birrie / Nebine Rivers - Restricted
  91. Murinbata Karwadi Punj ngawuruPort Keats / Daly region - Restricted
  92. Flinders River Mycoololl mobolcthtNorth Queensland / Gulf country - Restricted
  93. 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
  94. Nanggumiri Karwadi All-Mother cult transmissionFlora River / central Daly River, Northern Territory - Restricted
  95. Narrang-ga / Narungga restricted bullroarerYorke Peninsula, South Australia - Restricted
  96. Ngalakan (Nullakun) Kunapippi bullroarerRoper River / southern Arnhem Land (Ngalakan country) - Restricted
  97. NgarigoMonaro / Snowy Mountains (Cooma, Bombala) - Restricted
  98. Ngarinyin (Ungarinyin)Northern Kimberley, WA, wandjina country - Restricted
  99. Ngarluma (Ngaluma) banangari bullroarerPilbara coast between Maitland and Sherlock rivers - Sacred / spirit
  100. Sherlock River cora, the longest bladePilbara - Sacred / spirit
  101. 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
  102. Painted North Queensland fire-plough boardNorth Queensland - Function not recorded
  103. The hair cord that swung Ngara-MamurnaNumbulwar, Arnhem Land (NT) - Restricted
  104. Nyamal cora with a carved figurePilbara - Restricted
  105. Nyamal cora eaten by white antsPilbara - Sacred / spirit
  106. Nyulnyul (Nyul Nyul), Beagle BayWestern side of the Dampier Peninsula (Beagle Bay area), Kimberley region, Western Australia - Restricted
  107. Ooldea native-camp bullroarerOoldea Soak, South Australia - Restricted
  108. Oscar Ranges Kimberley bullroarerOscar Ranges, Kimberley, Western Australia - Restricted
  109. Two complete Victorian hair-cord rigsAustralia / Victoria - Restricted
  110. Five serpent tracks on an ochred miniatureCentral Australia - Restricted
  111. Western Australian ancestor-voice zigzagWestern Australia - Restricted
  112. Darkwood leaf blade with cordProbable Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  113. 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
  114. PitjantjatjaraAnangu lands, NW South Australia / SW Northern Territory near Uluru - Restricted
  115. Roth north-west-central Queensland whirler complexNorth-west-central Queensland - Restricted
  116. Port Lincoln witarna and pullakalliPort Lincoln - Restricted
  117. Potaruwutj mimikur talking-tree bullroarerTatiara / Naracoorte-Bordertown district / South Australia - Sacred / spirit
  118. Mathaman Marika's Wawaluk lagoon paintingNorth-east Arnhem Land / Yirrkala - Restricted
  119. Roebourne bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Roebourne - Restricted
  120. Roebuck Bay whistling-stick bullroarerRoebuck Bay / Broome district, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  121. Shoalhaven southeast coast mooroongaShoalhaven River and southeast coast NSW - Restricted
  122. South-West Australian woondahSouth-West Western Australia (Noongar country) - Play / practical
  123. Southern Cross stone yeenma SLWA Bates 95-12Yilgarn / Southern Cross - Function not recorded
  124. Sunday Island bullroarer (Mjöberg expedition)Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Islands - Sacred / spirit
  125. Table-land cora, place unwrittenPilbara - Sacred / spirit
  126. Tasmania's hidden roarlutruwita / Tasmania - Restricted
  127. Tati Tati (Ta-ta-thi) Kalk bullroarer nameMurray River below the Murrumbidgee junction (Tati Tati country) - Function not recorded
  128. Theddora (Dhudhuroa)Mitta Mitta / Kiewa / Upper Murray (Omeo, Wodonga) - Restricted
  129. Tjingilli (Jingulu)Newcastle Waters / Elliott (Barkly) - Restricted
  130. Western Cape York pipe-ra-chy initiation bullroarerWestern Cape York Peninsula / Batavia (Wenlock) River - Restricted
  131. Hunter-Macleay gonnandhakeenHunter to Macleay Rivers, New South Wales - Restricted
  132. Brisbane River initiation bullroarersQueensland / Brisbane River - Restricted
  133. Ungarinyin and Wurara/Worora closed-archive bullroarersNorth Kimberley / Prince Regent and related Kimberley archive region - Restricted
  134. Gunggari Bora ceremony bullroarerQueensland / Maranoa River district - Restricted
  135. Unmatjera Twanyirika bullroarerCentral Australia - Restricted
  136. Kalgoorlie-acquired incised bullroarer (BM Oc1953,15.1)Western Australia goldfields (acquisition locality) - Function not recorded
  137. Paroo-Warrego-Mungalella young-men-making bull-roarerUpper Paroo and Warrego Rivers / Mungalella (Mungallala) Creek, south-west Queensland - Restricted
  138. Urabunna chimbaliri bullroarerCentral Australia / Lake Eyre region - Restricted
  139. Urania Tribe Linda Creek bull-roarerWestern Queensland / Linda Creek - Function not recorded
  140. Victoria River black wooden bullroarerVictoria River, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  141. Wajarri churinga, hatched and hair-cordedMurchison - Restricted
  142. Wambaya (Umbaia) Beetaloo purtuliBeetaloo Waterhole (Briggs Lagoon), Barkly Region - Restricted
  143. Wangkangurru inchitcha bullroarerMungeranie / country east of Lake Eyre - Restricted
  144. Kuraba snake blades cached in caveNorthern Territory - Function not recorded
  145. Mamu Gulngay wungumali bullroarerJohnstone River / lower Tully-Murray rainforest / North Queensland - Sacred / spirit
  146. Yuendumu Warlpiri ornamented bladeWest of Yuendumu mission station, Northern Territory - Function not recorded
  147. Warlpiri / Walbiri Gadjari bullroarersCentral Australia / Tanami Desert / Warlpiri country - Restricted
  148. Warnindhilyagwa blade of totemic motifsGroote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, N - Function not recorded
  149. Warumungu Tennant Creek murtu-murtu initiation bullroarerTennant Creek district, Northern Territory - Restricted
  150. Wathi-wathi (Wadi-wadi) Kalari Burbung bullroarerMurray River around Balranald / Tooleybuc - Restricted
  151. Etarratarra twin-boys bullroarersUndated - Northern Territory / Finke Gorge National Park / Palm Valley - Sacred / spirit
  152. Desert-tribe cora with snake and dancerPilbara - Sacred / spirit
  153. Wik-Mungkan moiya and paka paka bullroarer mythsWestern Cape York - Restricted
  154. Wiknatara (Wik-Iiyanh)Western Cape York, Aurukun region - Restricted
  155. Willilambi Twilight Cove boorbing and yeenma BatesEucla / Twilight Cove - Function not recorded
  156. Wiluna initiation bullroarerWiluna / Mid West, Western Australia - Sacred / spirit
  157. Wiradthuri Macquarie-Bogan mudthega and moonibearMacquarie and Bogan Rivers - Restricted
  158. Upper Murrumbidgee mundjeegongUpper Murrumbidgee River - Restricted
  159. Wolgal (Walgalu)Upper Murrumbidgee / Tumut / Kiandra - Restricted
  160. Wonghi/Wonghibon initiation bullroarerNew South Wales - Restricted
  161. Worgait Bidu or Bidju-Bidju WagaitWagait / Worgait country - Restricted
  162. WorimiPort Stephens / lower Hunter River - Restricted
  163. Wulwulam Mary River discarded initiation bullroarersMary River headwaters / Pine Creek, Northern Territory - Restricted
  164. Wurunjerri / Wurundjeri initiation messenger bullroarerYarra River / Kulin country, Victoria - Restricted
  165. Wyndham pair pierced at both endsEast Kimberley - Function not recorded
  166. Yandruwandha thuburu exile-signal bullroarerInnamincka / Cooper Creek / northeastern South Australia - Play / practical
  167. Yaraikanna (umbalako)Cape York tip (Somerset hinterland), Queensland - Restricted
  168. Cairns bullroarer, 'Yedinjie (?)' (Edinburgh)Cairns, North Queensland - Restricted
  169. Purliwarna of the Birdarra LawPilbara - Restricted
  170. Yir-Yoront yoq-par-muw sacred-board bullroarerLower Mitchell River / Kowanyama (Mitchell River Mission), Cape York Peninsula - Sacred / spirit
  171. Yolngu python paddle, Yurlunggur's voiceArnhem Land - Restricted
  172. Yuin Daramulun voice bullroarerSoutheastern Australia - Restricted
  173. Yumu (Jumu)Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory — Haast Bluff (Paura) and Mount Liebig country, west of the central MacDonnell Ranges - Restricted