THE BUGAMBLE ARE A GROUP NAR QUEENSLAND. IN ENGLISH THEIR NAME MEANS YES. THEY AVE 26,000 SQ. KM. THEY HAVE A CULTURAL CONNECTION TO NORTH KAMILAROI PEOPLE. THEY PARTICIPATE IN JOINT MEMORIES AND CEREMONIES.
THEY OPPOSED EUROPEAN COLONIALIZATION OGF THEIR TERRITORY. FROM 1840'S THEY MOUNTED A 14 YEAR GUERILLA CAMPAIGNE TO EXPEL THE SETTLERS. THE BIGAMBUL LEADERS UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMICS IN WARFARE, AND THE HORSES, AND CATTLE RATHER THAN JUST SETTLERS.. FINALLY BY 1851 THE WAR WAS OVER AND LAND VALUES IN THE AREA DOUBLED. WAGES PAID BY SETTLERS WERE HALVED! BY 1854 ONLY 100 BIGAMBUL PEOPLE WERE LEFT ALIVE. BY 2001 THEY LAUNCHED A SUCCESSFUL NATIVE TITLE CLAIM OVER 24,188 SQ. KM HERE.
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