Darumbal
According to Norman Tindale, the Darumbal people's thirteen groups or band societies occupied around 10,400 square kilometres of country between the Styx River and Raglan Creek and as far west as Westwood, the foot of the Mount Morgan Range and the Broad Sound Ranges. Their territory stretched from Arthur Point, the northern extremity of the Stanage Peninsula on the western side of Shoalwater Bay south past Yeppoon and Emu Park, across the Fitzroy River mouth, and Keppel Bay. Significant centres within that territory include Marlborough, Yaamba, Rockhampton and Gracemere. Their neighbours to the south were the Bayali, with the Gangulu to the southwest and the Guwinmal to the west.
A local group on the Keppel Islands known as Woppaburra or Ganumi may have been part of the Darumbal people but are given as a separate entity on the Darumbal Corporation website.
Significant subgroups included:
- the Kuinmabra on the western side of Shoalwater Bay and the Stanage Peninsula with the Wandu Wangin around Marlborough.
- the Nindybul occupied the Warginburra Peninsula and Townshend Island, with the Danamal around Byfield.
- the Tarumbul, with numerous bands from Yeppoon and Emu Park to the Fitzroy's mouth, and
- the Warumbal to thei west of Rockhampton and Gracemere to the foot of the Boomer Range.
Links to add:
Mount Morgan Range
Broad Sound Ranges
Arthur Point
Stanage Peninsula
Shoalwater Bay
Yeppoon
Emu Park
Fitzroy River
Keppel Bay.
Yaamba
Gracemere
Bayali
Gangulu
Guwinmal
Keppel Islands
Woppaburra
Ganumi
Darumbal Corporation website.
Kuinmabra
Wandu Wangin
Nindybul
Warginburra Peninsula
Townshend Island
Danamal
Byfield.
Tarumbul
Warumbal
Boomer Range
