- Title
- Kurrburra the Boonwurrung 'wirrirrap' and bard (1797-1849)-a man of high degree
- Creator
- Clark, Ian; Schlagloth, Rolf; Cahir, David (Fred); McGinnis, Gabrielle
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/187170
- Identifier
- vital:16999
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.627670288430177
- Identifier
- ISBN:2209-9522
- Abstract
- Kurrburra (aka Mr Ruffy) (1797-1849), Aboriginal wirrirrap (doctor, healer, bard), sage counsellor of his people, consultant with koalas, and heroic slayer of a feared orangutan-like cryptid that lived in the ranges north of Western Port, is believed to have been born in 1797, and was a member of the Yawen djirra clan, the eastern-most group of the Boonwurrung People whose Country stretched from Wirribi-yaluk (Werribee River) to Wammun (Wilsons Promontory) in Victoria. His moiety was Bunjil and in the early 1840s he had 2 wives: Kurundum (1819-?) and Bowyeup (1823-?), and 2 children, whose names are not known. Kurrburra's traditional Aboriginal name is the Boonwurrung word for the iconic marsupial Phascolarctos cinereus, more commonly known as the koala.
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Biography and History Vol. , no. 4 (2020), p. 73-91
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright @ The Author(s) 2020
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Subject
- 4303 Historical studies; 4705 Literary studies; 3602 Creative and professional writing; Aboriginal Australians; Biography; Data processing; History; Massacres
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