Bundjalung Country map
Where Bundjalung Country runs, why no single map is official, and who holds the boundaries.
Brunswick River mouth
Brunswick Heads
Brunswick Heads is a small fishing and holiday town at the mouth of the Brunswick River, halfway between Byron Bay and the Tweed.
About Brunswick Heads
Brunswick Heads recorded 1,905 residents at the 2021 Census. Cedar-getters worked the district from the 1840s, shipping timber out over the river bar by the 1850s and 60s; a pilot station established by Captain Simpson in the 1870s helped guide that traffic across the bar, and the river's south arm — Simpsons Creek, where the town's commercial centre still fronts today — carries his name. For a period around 1865 the settlement itself was known as Simpson Town before the village of Brunswick was formally proclaimed on 20 March 1885.
The commercial fishing fleet that still works out of Brunswick Heads is one of the last of its kind on this stretch of coast. Brunswick Heads is Bundjalung Country, between Byron Bay and Ocean Shores/New Brighton, within the area recognised in the Arakwal native title determination. For matters of language, cultural protocol, or country and family connections, local Bundjalung organisations such as Tweed Byron Local Aboriginal Land Council and native title bodies are the right contact — not this website.
Keep learning about Bundjalung Country
Clans and groups
Arakwal, Githabul, Bandjalang, Widjabal, Nyangbal, Yugambeh and the other names you will meet.
Bundjalung language
Dialects, why spellings differ, and the language centres that actually teach and publish.
Place names
Which Northern Rivers town names come from Bundjalung language, and which came from Britain.
Bundjalung National Park
The coastal park between Iluka and Evans Head, its campgrounds, and the Iluka rainforest.
History: reserves and land rights
The Protection Board years, the reserves and stations, and where to look for family records.
Parks, sacred places and walks
Jointly managed parks, places custodians ask you to treat with care, and Aboriginal-led walks.
Also on this site
Community email and web hosting
Email for Brunswick Heads
A name@bundjalung.au address suits Brunswick Heads residents, fishers, and small businesses who want a stable contact point.
A free static site
Local artists, charter operators, and small Brunswick Heads businesses can get a simple static page live under name.bundjalung.au at no cost once identity checks are complete.
Bundjalung artists, makers, and business owners in Brunswick Heads: this page doesn't publish a directory of local people or businesses without their say-so. If you're a Bundjalung artist, maker, or business owner based in or around Brunswick Heads and would like a page, portfolio link, or listing here — with a link back to your own site or socials — use the contact form below or email info@bundjalung.au and mention Brunswick Heads. Nothing about you goes on this page unless you ask for it.