"Ngulli Jingeri NGIN Gulli"

The Yerongpan Aboriginal Corporation brings cultural educational experiences to your work place, educational space or special event. It is their pride and passion to share the history and some of the secrets of the oldest continuous living culture in the world through the expression of traditional song and dance, story telling knowledge of the land, to the creating and sharing of survival tools and artworks that share the many forms of the true representation of Firsts Nations Yuggara, Yugambeh Culture, way of life and Lore of the land.

The Yerongpan Aboriginal Corporation is a non for profit traditional custodian Family Clan group of the Brisbane and surrounding regions descending from the Yerongpan Clan of the Yuggara Language group.Yerongpan means Sandy country in the local Yuggara language and their are still many Sandy Family members of today that still carry the honours of the last name Sandy deriving from the word Yerong or Yarung which is a Yuggara word meaning Sandy or Sand. This being a strong mineral left by Babiri (God the creator) for us as Sandy people to look after that mineral within the land. The Sandy Family were given this last name because they are the people from sandy country . Their are many Ancestors that have great signicants to the Yerongpan people and families of today and some also have some association with our mob through our tribal Skin Kinship system in South East Qld. Here are a few ancestors to name that have strong ties to the Sandy Family and us as Yerongpan clan. The Yerongpan decendents would like to acknowledge these ancestors for their authority, culture, stories and wisdom that play role in the story of our lives as Traditional Custodians of today and into the future for the future Generations to come.

Our great great great Grandfather John Jack (Meegun) Bungaree who was born in 1859 at Gardens point at the old Traditional Campsite traditionally known as Migun Dhagun meaning the spike on the rivers bend. Then he later become the Headman of the lands of Miguntyun Clan of the Yuggara Language. Miguntyun clan country is on the north of the Brisbane river heading east the mouth of the Brisbane river then you travel north to the pine rivers south of Redcliffe then from there you keep following the pine rivers inland west to bottom ranges of D'Aguilar from there you then head south from D’Aguilar ranges until you reach Mount (Kuta) Coot-tha and then you follow the moggil creek on the western side of Mount Coot-tha south west until it flows into the Brisbane river. So all within that area is apart of the Miguntyun clan country.

Another ancestors of ours great great great grandfather Bulim Bulim (Bulimba) or Billin Billin or Kwae Kwae was given the tribal headman role of the Yerongpan Clan in the year 1852 when the great ancestor malrobin died as Yerongpan leader and the honours was passed down to next in line who had similar cultural authority back then to take over the honours of leading the Yerongpan people and that man was Bulim Bulim or Bilin Billin. He become the Yerongpan clan country leader as he lived around the South East Qld region and he live that authority right up until the early 1900s.

Yerongpan country is on the South of the Brisbane river heading south west to woogaroo creek in Goodna then we follow woogaroo creek down south to the Logan river and then staying on the nothern banks of the Logan river heading east until you reach Slacks creek that flows into the Logan river which is situated south west of Mount Cotton.

The eastern boundary side of the Yerongpan is made up by two creeks that make up our shared traditional boundary as the custodians of that area and this is all orally within our Sandy Family dating back to dreamtime and right to the creation connecting us to land and is connected to our lore.

The Slacks creek and Bulimba creek are situated in the middle of the clans of the Tingalpa Clan, Gnaloongpin Clan and Coobenpil or Goenpul Clan who are apart of the Quandamooka people to the east of the Moreton Bay and Redlands bay. The slacks creek flows south west and into logan river and Bulimba creek flows to the north east and runs into the Brisbane river. These creeks make up our tribal eastern boundary between us Yerongpan people and the Quandamooka people of the bay to the east.

Firsts nations people all around Australia have traditional countries they all belong too that connect them to their totems, lands, waters and eco systems that host our totems (Plants, Trees, Animals) that once were our ancestors of the dreamtime from the past from when the First people that walked the earth a very long time ago with Babiri (God the creator) and that’s how we are all connected to our totems system that was left by the creator all across this continent for us the Aboriginal people of Australia to maintain these animals,plants and trees for future generations to see and nurture and this is all part of our Lore. The Natural Lore.

KIRWALLIE/KERWALLI King Sandy of Brisbane, the great ancestor of the Brisbane region. Kirwallie was known to the European settlers as King Sandy and was referred to them as the King of the Sandy Country. Kirwallie was a highly respected senior elder who was honoured by his tribal markings and the high cultural authority that it gave him within our Traditional skin kinship Lore system of the South East Queensland.

We will always acknowledge our ancestors as they are our connection to the Yuggara and Yugambeh Language speaking countries of south east Queensland and we are the decedents of these ancestors and we represent the people of the Miguntyun and Yerongpan clans of the Yuggara Language of the Brisbane region and the Minyangbal ,Mununjali peoples of the Yugambeh Langauge group of the Gold Coast region.

Map of Aboriginal Tribes South East Queensland recorded in the 1940s by F J Watson