Brabiralung (VIC)

LocationMitchell, Nicholson, and Tambo rivers; south to about Bairnsdale and Bruthen. This is one of the five Gippsland tribes grouped together as the Kurnai ['Ga:nai, 'Ka:nai].
Co-ordinates147°20'E x 37°30'S
Area2,400 sq. m. (6,200 sq. km.)
ReferencesW. Thomas, 1862 MS; Bulmer in Smyth, 1878; Howitt in Smyth, 1878; Smyth, 1878; Fison and Howitt, 1889; Bulmer in Curr, 1887; Curr, 1887; Hagenauer in Curr, 1887; Mathews, 1902 (Gr. 6401); Howitt, 1891, 1904; Tindale, 1940.
Alternative NamesBrabrolung (['tera] = man), Brabrolong, Brabirrawulung, Brabriwoolong, Wakeruk (Fison and Howitt, 1880:34), Bundah Wark Kani (i.e., ['ka:nai]), Bundhul Wark Kani (horde name), Muk-thang (language name), Gippsland dialect (of Thomas MS), ['ka:nai] = man.
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