Walbanga

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The Walbanga or Walbunja are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales, part of the Yuin nation. [1]

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Language

The Walbanga language may be a dialect of Dhurga. [2]

Country

Walbanga Country covers 2,500 square miles (6,500 km2) a region from Cape Dromedary northwards to the vicinity of Ulladulla. Their inland extension is as far as the Shoalhaven River. Braidwood, Araluen, and Moruya all lie on what is Walbanga land. The Wandandian peoples lay on their northern boundary, and to their south are the Djiringanj [3] and Thaua. [4]

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