The Buruna, also known as the Punduna, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid West region of Western Australia.
Language edit
The Buruna spoke Buruna, which belongs to the Kanyara branch of the Pama-Nyungan language family
Country edit
According to Norman Tindale's calculation, the Buruna's tribal lands covered about 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2). He places them at Yannarie River (Pindar Creek) and southwest as far as Winning Pool and the northern side of the Lyndon River. Their eastern confines lay around Mount Hamlet and Maroonah. They occasionally ventured into Tenma territory at the Henry River.[1]
History of contact edit
The remnants of the Buruna moved to and settled around Towera Station.[1]
Alternative names edit
- Budoona
- Peedona
- Poordoona
- Puduna
- Wati Puruna
Source: Tindale 1974, p. 240
Notes edit
Citations edit
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 240.
Sources edit
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- Austin, Peter (2015). A Grammar of the Mantharta Languages, Western Australia. School of Oriental and African Studies.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Buruna (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.