Butchulla people

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The Butchulla people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands encompass 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
alsoKnownAs Badjala people NERFINISHED
Badtjala people NERFINISHED
Batjala people NERFINISHED
associatedRegion Wide Bay–Burnett
associatedTown Hervey Bay
Maryborough
surface form: Maryborough, Queensland
colonialImpact dispossession of land
population decline after European settlement
coreLaw Do not take or touch anything that does not belong to you
If you have plenty, you must share
What is good for the land must come first
country Australia
culturalPractice care for Country
song and dance
storytelling
traditional hunting and gathering
engagedIn cultural revitalisation
land and sea management
language revival
environmentalRole Traditional Owners involved in management of K’gari World Heritage Area
ethnicGroupOf Queensland
hasCreationStories stories associated with K’gari
hasCulturalConcept three core laws of Butchulla lore
hasCustomaryLaw Butchulla lore
hasOrganisation Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation
hasOrganisationRole registered native title body corporate
hasSacredPlace Fraser Island NERFINISHED
K’gari NERFINISHED
heritageStatusOfCountry World Heritage Site K'gari
surface form: K’gari is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
language Butchulla language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus endangered language
nativeTitleDetermination K’gari native title determination 2014
nativeTitleRecognisedBy Federal Court of Australia
nativeTitleType exclusive native title over parts of K’gari
non-exclusive native title over parts of K’gari
populationRegion Queensland
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf Fraser Island NERFINISHED
K’gari NERFINISHED
region southeast Queensland NERFINISHED
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
totemicRelationship local land and sea animals
traditionalTerritory Fraser Island NERFINISHED
Great Sandy Region
Hervey Bay region NERFINISHED
K’gari NERFINISHED
parts of the nearby mainland in Queensland

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Fraser Island traditionalOwners Butchulla people