Taribelang

See also: Taribelang language

The Taribelang are an Aboriginal Australian people of central Queensland.

Country

The Taribelang ruled over 1,800 square miles (4,700 km²) of territory around Bundaberg, and inland to near Walla, and north as far as Baffle Creek. Their territory also extended along the lower reaches of the Burrum River.

History of contact

Taribelang people have existed for thousands of years and continue to persist against colonisation in Australia.

Alternative names

• Tarribelung.
• Daribelum.
• Darpil.
• Wokkari.
• (?) Yawai.

Sources

• E33 Taribelang at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Taribelang (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)