Kulin Nation

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The Kulin Nation is an alliance of several Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands encompass much of what is now central Victoria, including the area around present-day Melbourne.

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Kulin nations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian alliance
Indigenous people collective
associatedCity Melbourne NERFINISHED
associatedWithRiverSystem Campaspe River region NERFINISHED
Loddon River region NERFINISHED
Maribyrnong River region NERFINISHED
Werribee River region NERFINISHED
Yarra River region NERFINISHED
composedOf Boon Wurrung people NERFINISHED
Dja Dja Wurrung people NERFINISHED
Taungurung people NERFINISHED
Wathaurong people NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalRegion South-eastern Australia NERFINISHED
hasCulturalConcept clan-based social structure
connection to Country
songlines
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
land management through fire
oral traditions
hasEconomyBasedOn fishing
hunting and gathering
plant food cultivation and management
hasEthnicGroup Boon Wurrung people NERFINISHED
Dja Dja Wurrung people NERFINISHED
Taungurung people NERFINISHED
Wathaurong people NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED
hasGovernanceStructure inter-clan alliances
hasLanguageGroup Boonwurrung NERFINISHED
Djadjawurrung NERFINISHED
Taungurung NERFINISHED
Wathawurrung NERFINISHED
Woiwurrung NERFINISHED
hasModernRepresentationIn Aboriginal corporations in Victoria
land councils in Victoria
hasOngoingRoleIn cultural heritage protection in Victoria
land rights and native title claims in Victoria
hasSpiritualBelief ancestral beings connected to landscape
hasTotemicSystem clan totems
impactedBy British colonisation of Victoria
languageFamily Kulin languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Victoria NERFINISHED
preColonialPresence before European settlement of Melbourne
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf Melbourne region NERFINISHED
timeDepth thousands of years of occupation in central Victoria
traditionalLandsInclude area around present-day Melbourne
central Victoria

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Bangerang people partOf Kulin Nation
this entity surface form: Kulin nations
Wurundjeri people partOf Kulin Nation