| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Pre contact – at least 500.[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Boonwurrung language, English | |
| Religion | |
| Australian Aboriginal mythology | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Woiwurrung, Wathaurong, Taungurong, Djadjawurrung |
The Boonwurrung,[2][3] also spelt Bunurong or Bun wurrung, are an Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who are the traditional owners of the land from the Werribee River to Wilsons Promontory in the Australian state of Victoria. Their territory includes part of what is now the city and suburbs of Melbourne. They were called the Western Port or Port Philip tribe by the early settlers, and were in alliance with other tribes in the Kulin nation, having particularly strong ties to the Wurundjeri people.
The Registered Aboriginal Party representing the Boonwurrung people is the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation.
- ^ Gaughwin & Sullivan 1984, p. 88.
- ^ Blainey 2013, p. 8.
- ^ Howitt 2010, p. 338.