Woiwurrung

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Woiwurrung (sometimes spelt Woiwurrong, Woiworung) is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by some of the Kulin Nation clans of Victoria, from Mount Baw Baw in the east to Mount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west.

The Woiwurrung clans inhabited the Yarra River (called Birrarung in Woiwurrung) before European displacement. The clans include:

• The Wurrundjeri-willam, who occupied the Yarra River and its tributaries and inhabited the area now covered by the city of Melbourne. Referred to initially by Europeans as the Yarra tribe.
• The Marin-Bulluk
• The Kurung-Jang-Bulluk
• The Wurundjeri-Balluk
• The Balluk-willam

Wurundjeri is now the common term for descendants of all the Woiwurrung clans. Their totems are Bunjil the eagle and Kaa the crow.

See also

• Kulin
• Wurundjeri

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