Wanggeriburra clan

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Wanggeriburra clan

The Wanggeriburra are one of nine named clan estates of the Yugambeh people, living around the Tamborine area in Queensland’s Scenic Rim, Australia.

Name: The name comes from the Yugambeh word Wanggeri, meaning “Pretty-faced Wallaby,” with burra meaning “people.” So Wanggeriburra means “Pretty-faced Wallaby People.” It may refer to a clan totem or a food source tied to their country.

Language: They spoke a dialect of the Yugambeh language. More than 1,000 words have been preserved. The grammar and vocabulary were recorded in 1913 by John Allen (Bullum) with John Lane, showing they shared the same language variety as the Mununjali.

Country: According to Allen’s map, their territory extended north to Cedar Creek, west to the Birnam Range, south to the McPherson Range, and east to the headwaters of the Coomera River and the Darlington Range. They were located south of the Gugingin on the Logan River (Tamborine), north of the Tulgigin, with Bullongin and Kombumerri to the east.

See also: Yugambeh people; Mununjali clan; Kombumerri clan.

Sources (short): Grammar, Vocabulary, and Notes of the Wangerriburra Tribe (Allen & Lane, 1914); The middle Clarence dialects of Bandjalang (Crowley, 1978); The language of the Wangerriburra and neighbouring groups in the Yugambeh region (Allen, 2001).