Batjala people

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The Batjala people, also known as the Butchulla, are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally associated with K'gari (Fraser Island) and parts of the nearby mainland in Queensland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Queensland
affectedBy British colonisation of Queensland NERFINISHED
alternateName Badtjala people NERFINISHED
Butchulla people NERFINISHED
country Australia
cultureArea south-east Queensland NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Hervey Bay region NERFINISHED
K'gari region NERFINISHED
hasContemporaryRepresentativeBody Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasCulturalConnectionTo Great Sandy Strait NERFINISHED
Hervey Bay NERFINISHED
K'gari dunes and lakes NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritageManagedBy Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasCustomaryLaw Butchulla law
hasHistoricalExperienceOf dispossession from traditional lands
mission and reserve system in Queensland
hasLanguageStatus endangered language
hasNativeTitleBody Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasOngoingConnectionTo land
sea
waterways
hasOralTraditionsAbout ancestral beings associated with land and sea
creation of K'gari
hasPopulationType small Indigenous community
hasSacredSitesOn Fraser Island NERFINISHED
K'gari NERFINISHED
hasTotemicRelationships local land and sea country
hasTraditionalPractices ceremony
fishing
gathering marine resources
hunting
storytelling
language Butchulla language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Queensland
nativeTitleDeterminationArea K'gari (Fraser Island) NERFINISHED
partOf Aboriginal peoples of Australia NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Traditional Owners of Fraser Island NERFINISHED
Traditional Owners of K'gari NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Queensland Government NERFINISHED
religion Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalCountry Fraser Island NERFINISHED
Hervey Bay region NERFINISHED
K'gari NERFINISHED
parts of the nearby Queensland mainland

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Butchulla people alsoKnownAs Batjala people
Butchulla people alsoKnownAs Batjala people
this entity surface form: Badjala people