Jumbun community, Murray Upper

Main language groups: Girramay and Jirrbal

The Jumbun community is located at Murray Upper, 40 kilometres south-west of Tully. The population of Jumbun is quite small – around 160. People of the Jumbun community are often referred to as ‘Rainforest people’.

The purchase of several sugar cane farms in the Murray Upper area in the 1970s allowed Indigenous people to return to the region and establish the community of Jumbun on their traditional lands. Many of the Indigenous people had previously been removed from the area to live on Christian missions or to work on farms or plantations.

Since their return, Jumbun community members have been involved in farming and in providing guided walks along traditional walking tracks in the rainforest. These tours – and associated demonstrations of basket weaving and bush foods – educate visitors about the flora and fauna to be found in this dense rainforest area of the Atherton Tableland, as well as the unique cultural heritage of the Indigenous peoples of Murray Upper.

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Online references . . .

Visit the Rainforest Aboriginal Heritage website.