Badtjala people

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The Badtjala people are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally associated with K’gari (Fraser Island) and the nearby mainland coast of Queensland.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Badtjala people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Queensland
affectedBy British colonisation of Queensland
associatedWith Great Sandy National Park
country Australia
culture Australian Aboriginal culture
ethnicGroupOf Queensland
experienced dispossession of land
population decline after colonisation
hasAlternativeName Badjala people
linked to: Batjala people

Badtjala
linked to: Batjala people

Batjala people
Butchulla
Butchulla people
hasClanSystem yes
hasConnectionTo Great Sandy Strait
Harvey Bay marine environment
Maryborough region
World Heritage-listed K’gari
hasContemporaryOrganization Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation
hasCulturalHeritageOn Fraser Island
K’gari
linked to: Fraser Island
hasCulturalPractices ceremony
song and dance
storytelling
traditional ecological knowledge
hasOralTraditionsAbout K’gari
linked to: Fraser Island

creation stories
hasTotemicBeliefs yes
language Badtjala language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
nativeTitleDeterminationArea K’gari
linked to: Fraser Island

parts of Hervey Bay region
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf Fraser Island
K’gari
linked to: Fraser Island
region Wide Bay–Burnett region
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
state Queensland
traditionalFoodSources bush foods
fish
marine resources
shellfish
terrestrial animals
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory Fraser Island
Hervey Bay region
linked to: Fraser Coast Region

K’gari
linked to: Fraser Island

nearby mainland coast of Queensland

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Butchulla people alsoKnownAs Badtjala people
Batjala people alternateName Badtjala people