Bundjalung Country map
Where Bundjalung Country runs, why no single map is official, and who holds the boundaries.
Gateway to the rainforests
Kyogle
Kyogle sits at the headwaters of the Richmond River, hard against the World Heritage-listed Border Ranges, and calls itself — fairly — the gateway to the rainforests.
About Kyogle
The town of Kyogle recorded around 2,800 residents at the 2021 Census, the hub for a much larger, sparsely populated council area stretching to the Queensland border. Kyogle is the touring hub for the Rainforest Way driving routes and sits next to Border Ranges National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area and home to one of the densest koala populations in the state.
The town is also a rail history landmark: just north of Kyogle, the Border Loop is a spiral of track engineered to lift the old Sydney–Brisbane railway line up through the Border Ranges, a feat still visited by rail enthusiasts. The sealed Lions Road out to Beaudesert, opened in 1971 as a joint project between the Kyogle and Beaudesert Lions Clubs, is another of the area's scenic drives.
Kyogle is Bundjalung Country, closely associated with the Githabul People whose rights across the surrounding national parks and state forests were recognised in a landmark Federal Court consent determination in 2007. Local representation includes the Muli Muli Local Aboriginal Land Council. For matters of language, cultural protocol, or country and family connections, local Bundjalung organisations and native title bodies are the right contact — not this website.
Learn about Githabul Country
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 Kyogle
A name@bundjalung.au address suits Kyogle residents, farmers, and small businesses who want a stable contact point.
A free static site
Local artists, tour operators, and small Kyogle 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 Kyogle: 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 Kyogle 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 Kyogle. Nothing about you goes on this page unless you ask for it.