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'The road to Cabbage Tree Island snakes up through cane fields hidden amongst the floodplain of the Richmond River, a few kilometres inland from Wardell and Ballina on the NSW North Coast.' (Introduction)
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Aboriginal BundjalungAIATSIS ref. (E12) (NSW SH56-02). The term, Bundjalung, is used as a cover term (language name) for a number of related dialects. Termed Bundjalung proper, it is also used to refer to one of the dialects, one which is spoken around Coraki. Thus, Bundjalung is used as both a language name and a dialect name. Yugambeh is in this group of dialects and uses the term, Yugambeh-Bundjalung as a cover term instead. language
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Ballina,Alstonville - Ballina - Lennox Head area,Far North Coast,New South Wales,
Wardell,Evans Head - Coraki area,Mid North Coast,New South Wales,