Country is more than a line

Explore Bundjalung Country

Move through Country, find local guides and compare the indicative cultural-region overlay with present-day borders. The dashed edge stays visible by default so the map never hides where its interpretation begins and ends.

How to read this map

Edges are not fences

The red dashed overlay is an indicative regional extent assembled for orientation. Cultural knowledge follows families, waterways, ridges and relationships; it cannot be reduced to a single hard border.

Borders stay visible

The Queensland–New South Wales line remains a separate overlay so a modern administrative border is never confused with Country. Toggle either layer to compare them.

Start with place

Select a yellow marker to open a town guide, or a red historical marker to explore a dated record and its cited source. For a real-world decision, contact the relevant Local Aboriginal Land Council or registered native title body.

Historical sources: The 40 historical POIs were selected from the site’s research report. Every popup identifies the creator or holding institution, title and date, and links to the source or institutional catalogue. Regional and culturally sensitive records use approximate locality anchors; pins do not assert exact cultural locations.

About the boundary source: This experience is inspired by the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia, which shows the general locations of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups. This page does not reproduce or modify the AIATSIS artwork. AIATSIS cautions that its map is not exact and is not suitable for native title or other land claims.

Read the full guide to Bundjalung boundaries and authoritative contacts. For map corrections or suggestions, email info@bundjalung.au.