Bundjalung Country map
Where Bundjalung Country runs, why no single map is official, and who holds the boundaries.
Clarence River mouth
Iluka
Iluka faces Yamba across the Clarence River mouth, and sits at the southern end of the national park that shares this website's name.
About Iluka
Iluka recorded 1,764 residents at the 2021 Census, a quiet fishing and holiday village 77km north of Grafton. Bundjalung National Park begins at Iluka's northern edge and runs 21,000 hectares up the coast to Evans Head, taking in wetlands, coastal heath, and rainforest. Iluka Nature Reserve, right by the town, protects the largest remaining stand of littoral (by-the-sea) rainforest in New South Wales and is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area — over 180 plant species in a strip of forest that once ran almost unbroken along this coastline.
Iluka sits close to the southern edge of Bundjalung Country and within the Country of the Yaegl People, recognised native title holders of the lower Clarence River area since 2015 (land) and 2017 (sea country). Local representation includes the Birrigan Gargle Local Aboriginal Land Council. This page doesn't try to draw an exact boundary between Bundjalung and Yaegl Country; the Yaegl Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC is the registered body for Yaegl native title matters.
Yaegl Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC: listed on the National Native Title Register.
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 Iluka
A name@bundjalung.au address suits Iluka residents and small businesses who want a stable contact point.
A free static site
Local artists, fishing guides, and small Iluka 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 Iluka: 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 Iluka 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 Iluka. Nothing about you goes on this page unless you ask for it.