The Bullroarer Atlas

Records by area · 183 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 · The Top End and western Gulf · Southeastern Australia · Central Australia · Western Desert · Dampier Land and the southwest Kimberley

Australia 183

  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. Dhurumbulum, the sight that makes menBurburgate / Namoi River near Gunnedah, New South Wales · Restricted
  53. Gungganyji Cape Grafton roarerCape Grafton / Jilliburri, North Queensland · Play / practical
  54. Gupapuyngu Daygurrgurr buralaEastern Arnhem Land / Howard Island · Sacred / spirit
  55. Hidden Valley bullroarer paintingsUndated · Kimberley, Western Australia / Hidden Valley, Kununurra · Function not recorded
  56. Kwerenaty, guardian of the initiatesUpper Sandover River region, north-east of the MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory (Iliaura/Alyawarre country, immediately north of the Arunta) · Restricted
  57. ItchumundiLower Darling River (Wilcannia-Menindee-Bourke arc) · Restricted
  58. Iwaidja Port Essington KurrabudjiPort Essington / Cobourg Peninsula · Restricted
  59. Jirrbal and Girramay bibu bullroarerMurray Upper-Cardwell rainforest, northeastern Queensland · Restricted
  60. Jangman (Yungman) Purdagiair bullroarerElsey / Roper River headwaters (Jangman country) · Sacred / spirit
  61. KaiabaraWide Bay - Burnett, inland from Maryborough · Restricted
  62. Kaitish (Kaytetye)Sandover / Barrow Creek region · Restricted
  63. Kamilaroi Weir River murrawan and mooniburrigeanWeir River / Tallwood, Queensland · Restricted
  64. Karajarri yambal embraceLa Grange / Bidyadanga, West Kimberley · Restricted
  65. Kariyarra (Kariera) banangari bullroarersPilbara coast around Port Hedland · Sacred / spirit
  66. Katherine River bullroarer with a human-hair loopKatherine River district, Northern Territory · Restricted
  67. Kimberley mero-mero, taken as a weaponKimberley · Restricted
  68. Kings Tableland bullroarer stencilsWithin the last c. 4,000 years · New South Wales / Blue Mountains / Kings Tableland · Sacred / spirit
  69. McIvor River Koko-yimidir dunggulCape York Peninsula · Restricted
  70. Kookynie district initiation bullroarerKookynie district / Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  71. Kulgera Rainbow Serpent churingaKulgera, Northern Territory, Australia · Restricted
  72. Gunwinggu gubarWestern Arnhem Land stone country, Liverpool River to Oenpelli (Gunbalanya), Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  73. Kurnai Tundun bullroarerRestricted
  74. Lake Naddern Peabody bullroarerNamendarra Lake, Shire of Laverton, Western Australia (Peabody: 'Lake Naddern') · Restricted
  75. Lardil blade that assembled the groupMornington Island, Gulf of Carpentaria · Play / practical
  76. Larrakia Bidu-bidu DarwinDarwin / Larrakia country · Restricted
  77. Arrernte tywerrenge of the Pultara classCharlotte Waters telegraph station, southern Northern Territory near the South Australian border; Lower / Southern Arrernte (Arandic) country · Restricted
  78. Jay Creek tjuringa of 1953Jay Creek (Iwupataka), MacDonnell Ranges, west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory · Restricted
  79. Macleay Bellinger gheewarra ngaranya yeemboomulMacleay and Bellinger Rivers · Restricted
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. Boonangharry against the djunoPilbara coast · Sacred / spirit
  83. 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
  84. 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
  85. Milingimbi blade with human-hair cordMilingimbi Island (Yurruwi), Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory · Restricted
  86. Toon Doon on a human-hair cordCorner Country, far north-western New South Wales · Restricted
  87. Mitirinji Quoin Island panmaddaPrincess Charlotte Bay / Stewart River · Restricted
  88. Momba Station bullroarer with its stringMomba Station, Darling and Paroo river system, north-western New South Wales · Restricted
  89. Mount Barnett bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Kimberley / Mount Barnett · Restricted
  90. Mount Margaret Hambly cat 173154Goldfields / Mount Margaret · Restricted
  91. 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
  92. Mulga Downs cave-cached bladesPilbara, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  93. Mulgrave River PeriperipoNorth Queensland · Function not recorded
  94. Mungarai Roper-Mataranka KunapippiRoper River / Mataranka country · Restricted
  95. Murawari (Muruwari)Culgoa / Bokhara / Birrie / Nebine Rivers · Restricted
  96. Murinbata Karwadi Punj ngawuruPort Keats / Daly region · Restricted
  97. Flinders River Mycoolon mobolahNorth Queensland / Gulf country · Restricted
  98. 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
  99. Karwadi, from Serpent to All-MotherFlora River / central Daly River, Northern Territory · Restricted
  100. Narrang-ga / Narungga restricted bullroarerYorke Peninsula, South Australia · Restricted
  101. Ngadadjara: the distant summonsWarburton Ranges, Western Desert, Western Australia — east to the Blackstone Ranges and Mount Hinckley, north to the Rawlinson Ranges · Restricted
  102. Ngalakan (Nullakun) Kunapippi bullroarerRoper River / southern Arnhem Land (Ngalakan country) · Restricted
  103. NgarigoMonaro / Snowy Mountains (Cooma, Bombala) · Restricted
  104. Ngarinyin (Ungarinyin)Northern Kimberley, WA, wandjina country · Restricted
  105. Ngarluma (Ngaluma) banangari bullroarerPilbara coast between Maitland and Sherlock rivers · Sacred / spirit
  106. Sherlock River cora, the devil-scarersPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  107. Painted North Queensland fire-plough boardNorth Queensland · Function not recorded
  108. The hair cord that swung Ngara-MamurnaNumbulwar, Arnhem Land (NT) · Restricted
  109. Nyamal cora with a carved figurePilbara · Restricted
  110. Nyamal cora eaten by white antsPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  111. Nyulnyul (Nyul Nyul), Beagle BayWestern side of the Dampier Peninsula (Beagle Bay area), Kimberley region, Western Australia · Restricted
  112. Ooldea Soak initiation bullroarerOoldea Soak, South Australia · Restricted
  113. Oscar Ranges Kimberley bullroarerOscar Ranges, Kimberley, Western Australia · Restricted
  114. Victorian bullroarer on its human-hair cordAustralia / Victoria · Restricted
  115. Five serpent tracks on an ochred miniatureCentral Australia · Restricted
  116. Western Australian ancestor-voice zigzagWestern Australia · Restricted
  117. Darkwood leaf blade with cordProbable Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  118. Whirler still tied to its stickWestern Queensland · Function not recorded
  119. Pindupi (Pintupi)Western Desert, between Lake Mackay and Lake Macdonald along the WA/NT border (Kintore Range / Walungurru); Fry's Pintupi informants met the Adelaide University expedition at Mount Liebig in August 1932, and Róheim worked with Pindupi men from his 1929 base at Hermannsburg · Restricted
  120. PitjantjatjaraAnangu lands, NW South Australia / SW Northern Territory near Uluru · Restricted
  121. Roth north-west-central Queensland whirler complexNorth-west-central Queensland · Restricted
  122. Port Lincoln witarna and pullakalliPort Lincoln · Restricted
  123. Potaruwutj mimikur talking-tree bullroarerTatiara / Naracoorte-Bordertown district / South Australia · Sacred / spirit
  124. Mathaman Marika's Wawaluk lagoon paintingNorth-east Arnhem Land / Yirrkala · Restricted
  125. Roebourne bullroarer (SMVK)Western Australia / Roebourne · Restricted
  126. Roebuck Bay whistling-stick bullroarerRoebuck Bay / Broome district, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  127. Shoalhaven southeast coast mooroongaShoalhaven River and southeast coast NSW · Restricted
  128. South-West Australian woondahSouth-West Western Australia (Noongar country) · Play / practical
  129. Southern Cross stone yeenmaYilgarn / Southern Cross · Function not recorded
  130. Sunday Island bullroarer (Mjöberg expedition)Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Islands · Sacred / spirit
  131. Table-land cora, place unwrittenPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  132. Tasmania's hidden roarlutruwita / Tasmania · Restricted
  133. Tati Tati (Ta-ta-thi) Kalk bullroarer nameMurray River below the Murrumbidgee junction (Tati Tati country) · Function not recorded
  134. Theddora (Dhudhuroa)Mitta Mitta / Kiewa / Upper Murray (Omeo, Wodonga) · Restricted
  135. Tjingilli (Jingulu)Newcastle Waters / Elliott (Barkly) · Restricted
  136. Western Cape York pipe-ra-chy initiation bullroarerWestern Cape York Peninsula / Batavia (Wenlock) River · Restricted
  137. Hunter-Macleay gonnandhakeenHunter to Macleay Rivers, New South Wales · Restricted
  138. Brisbane River initiation bullroarersQueensland / Brisbane River · Restricted
  139. Ungarinyin and Wurara/Worora closed-archive bullroarersNorth Kimberley / Prince Regent and related Kimberley archive region · Restricted
  140. Gunggari Bora ceremony bullroarerQueensland / Maranoa River district · Restricted
  141. Unmatjera Twanyirika bullroarerCentral Australia · Restricted
  142. Wilmurra, a gidya-wood bladeSouth-east Queensland interior (register 'Algamurra') · Restricted
  143. Hexagon-lattice blade, a Kalgoorlie miner's giftWestern Australia goldfields (acquisition locality) · Function not recorded
  144. Paroo-Warrego-Mungalella young-men-making bull-roarerUpper Paroo and Warrego Rivers / Mungalella (Mungallala) Creek, south-west Queensland · Restricted
  145. Urabunna chimbaliri bullroarerCentral Australia / Lake Eyre region · Restricted
  146. Urania Tribe Linda Creek bull-roarerWestern Queensland / Linda Creek · Restricted
  147. Victoria River black wooden bullroarerVictoria River, Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  148. Wajarri churinga carved from shellMurchison · Restricted
  149. Bullroarers the Ganabuda women swung firstBalgo (Wirrimanu), northern Western Desert, Western Australia · Restricted
  150. Wambaya (Umbaia) Beetaloo purtuliBeetaloo Waterhole (Briggs Lagoon), Barkly Region · Restricted
  151. Wangkangurru inchitcha bullroarerMungeranie / country east of Lake Eyre · Restricted
  152. Kuraba snake blades cached in caveNorthern Territory · Function not recorded
  153. Mamu Gulngay wungumali bullroarerJohnstone River / lower Tully-Murray rainforest / North Queensland · Sacred / spirit
  154. Yuendumu Warlpiri ornamented bladeWest of Yuendumu mission station, Northern Territory · Function not recorded
  155. Warlpiri bullroarers of the Mamandabari heroesCentral Australia / Tanami Desert / Warlpiri country · Restricted
  156. Warnindhilyagwa blade of totemic motifsGroote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, N · Function not recorded
  157. Warumungu Tennant Creek murtu-murtu initiation bullroarerTennant Creek district, Northern Territory · Restricted
  158. Wathi-wathi (Wadi-wadi) Kalari Burbung bullroarerMurray River around Balranald / Tooleybuc · Restricted
  159. Etarratarra twin-boys bullroarersUndated · Northern Territory / Finke Gorge National Park / Palm Valley · Sacred / spirit
  160. Aritunga, one large and one smallHermannsburg region, Northern Territory · Restricted
  161. Desert-tribe cora with snake and dancerPilbara · Sacred / spirit
  162. Wik-Mungkan moiya and paka paka bullroarer mythsWestern Cape York · Restricted
  163. Moipaka, the married bullroarersWestern Cape York, Aurukun region · Restricted
  164. Willilambi boorbing and yeenmaEucla / Twilight Cove · Restricted
  165. Wiluna initiation bullroarerWiluna / Mid West, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  166. Wiradthuri Macquarie-Bogan mudthega and moonibearMacquarie and Bogan Rivers · Restricted
  167. Upper Murrumbidgee mundjeegongUpper Murrumbidgee River · Restricted
  168. Wolgal (Walgalu)Upper Murrumbidgee / Tumut / Kiandra · Restricted
  169. Wonghi/Wonghibon initiation bullroarerNew South Wales · Restricted
  170. Worgait Bidu-Bidu or Bidju-BidjuWagait / Worgait country · Restricted
  171. WorimiPort Stephens / lower Hunter River · Restricted
  172. Wulwulam Mary River discarded initiation bullroarersMary River headwaters / Pine Creek, Northern Territory · Restricted
  173. Wurunjerri / Wurundjeri initiation messenger bullroarerYarra River / Kulin country, Victoria · Restricted
  174. Wyndham pair pierced at both endsEast Kimberley · Restricted
  175. Yandruwandha thuburu exile-signal bullroarerInnamincka / Cooper Creek / northeastern South Australia · Play / practical
  176. Yaraikanna (umbalako)Cape York tip (Somerset hinterland), Queensland · Restricted
  177. Djäbulju's galiguru from the southRoebuck Bay / Roebuck Plains, south of Broome, West Kimberley, Western Australia · Sacred / spirit
  178. Cairns X-ray fish bullroarerCairns, North Queensland · Restricted
  179. Purliwarna of the Birdarra LawPilbara · Restricted
  180. Yir-Yoront yoq-par-muw initiation boardLower Mitchell River / Kowanyama (Mitchell River Mission), Cape York Peninsula · Restricted
  181. Yolngu python paddle, lightning-born voiceArnhem Land · Restricted
  182. Yuin Daramulun voice bullroarerSoutheastern Australia · Restricted
  183. Yumu (Jumu)Western MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory — Haast Bluff (Paura) and Mount Liebig country, west of the central MacDonnell Ranges · Restricted