# Bailgu

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{{see also|Bailgu language}}
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The '''Bailgu''' are an [Aboriginal Australian](/source/Aboriginal_Australian) people of the [Pilbara](/source/Pilbara) region of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).

==Country==
Bailgu traditional lands extended over {{convert|6,300|mi2|km2}}, according to [Norman Tindale](/source/Norman_Tindale)'s estimate,{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=239}} covering the [upper Fortescue River](/source/Fortescue_River), and taking in [Roy Hill](/source/Roy_Hill_mine) and eastwards beyond the Goodiadarrie Hills. Their northern extension ran as far as the [Chichester Range](/source/Chichester_Range) scarp the [Nullagine River](/source/Nullagine_River) divide. The eastern border ran to the western headwaters of the [Oakover Davis rivers](/source/Oakover_River).{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=239}} Their neighbours further down the Fortescue were the [Niabali](/source/Niabali). Their boundary with the [Yindjibarndi](/source/Yindjibarndi_people) lay at Mandanaladji.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=239}}

==History of contact==
According to oral traditions handed down by the Bailgu, before the advent of the whites, they were dislocated from the [salt marsh](/source/salt_marsh)s on the Fortescue river by pressure from the [Panyjima](/source/Panyjima_people) tribe, which drove them further east. This narrative appears to be corroborated by the fact that among western tribes they were known as the ''Mangguldulkara'' (people of the marshes).{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=239}}

==Notable people==
Notable people with Bailgu heritage include:
* [Ambelin Kwaymullina](/source/Ambelin_Kwaymullina), author and academic
* [Jill Milroy](/source/Jill_Milroy), indigenous studies educator
* [Sally Morgan](/source/Sally_Morgan_(artist)), author and artist

==Alternative names==
* ''Bailgo, Balgu, Palgu, Balju, Balgoo''
* ''Bailko''
* ''Baljgu, Balju''
* ''Boolgoo''
* ''Mangguldulkara'' ([exonym](/source/exonym) used of them by western tribes)
* ''Pailgu, Pailgo''
* ''Pal'gu, Bailju''
* ''Paljarri''
* ''Pulgoe''

Source: {{harvnb|Tindale|1974|p=239}}.

==Notes==
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===Citations===
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==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{Cite web| title = AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia
 | date = 28 July 2023
 | publisher = [AIATSIS](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Studies)
 | url = https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia
 | ref = {{harvid|AIATSIS}}
}}
*{{Cite web
 | title = Tindale Tribal Boundaries
 | publisher = [Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia](/source/Department_of_Aboriginal_Affairs_(Western_Australia))
 | url = https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf
 | date = September 2016
 | ref = {{harvid|TTB|2016}}
 | access-date = 1 December 2017
 | archive-date = 8 March 2016
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308145114/https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf
 | url-status = dead
 }}
*{{Cite book
 | chapter = Bailgu (WA)
 | last = Tindale
 | first = Norman Barnett
 | year = 1974
 | author-link = Norman Tindale
 | title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
 | publisher = [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University)
 | chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/bailgu.htm
 | isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
 | access-date = 14 November 2017
 | archive-date = 24 September 2019
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190924170927/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/bailgu.htm
 | url-status = dead
 }}
*{{Cite book| title = Customs and traditions of the aboriginal natives of North-Western Australia
 | last = Withnell | first = J. G. | year = 1901
 | location = [Roebourne](/source/Roebourne%2C_Western_Australia)
 | url = https://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/cat/cat.htm
 }}
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{{Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia}}

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Category:Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia
Category:Pilbara

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