Jumbun, Queensland
Jumbun is an Aboriginal community located in Murray Upper, Cassowary Coast Region which is south-west of Tully in Far North Queensland, Australia. The word "jumbun" means "wood-grub" in Girrimay. The residents of Jumbun are predominantly from the Girramay and Dyirbal Aboriginal nations. In the, Jumbun had a population of 93 Indigenous Australian people.
History
Dyirbal is a language of Far North Queensland, particularly the area around Tully and Tully River Catchment extending to the Atherton Tablelands. The Dyirbal language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Tablelands Regional Council.Demographics
In the, Jumbun had a population of 104 Indigenous Australian people.In the, Jumbun had a population of 93 Indigenous Australian people.
Education
There are no schools in Jumbun. The nearest government primary school is Murray River Upper State School in Murray Upper to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Tully State High School in Tully to the north-east. There is also a Catholic primary school in Tully.Culture
The Jumbun Aboriginal community is known for its basket weavers who have retained the cultural knowledge for making the distinctive lawyercane bicornal basket styles including burrajingal, gundala and mindi. In recent times, these baskets were used for both everyday and ceremonial uses including carrying bush foods, babies, message sticks and ceremonial objects. The jawun style of bicornal basket is unique to the rainforest Aboriginal peoples of North Queensland. Other unique lawyercane artefacts include the wungarr, which was used in freshwater creeks to catch eels.Examples of the jawun and other basket weaving styles are regularly shown in national exhibitions and older examples are kept in special "keeping places" which house important cultural artefacts. A "keeping place" has been built at Jumbun while the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation in Cardwell also has another.