Buluguda

Buluguda belongs to traditional Badimaya country in Western Australia’s Mid West. Norman Tindale estimated the homeland at about 11,300 square miles, reaching Cue, Nannine and Mount Magnet in the north, Paynes Find in the south and Yalgoo toward the southwest. The northwest boundary lay along the Sandford River. Western Desert language groups bordered the country east, while Noongar and Watjarri communities lived to the southwest and northwest. Badimaya is a language of the Kartu branch within the Pama–Nyungan family. The people were reported to practise both circumcision and subincision.

This inland country therefore carries language and law. The wide country extends from the Mount Magnet area toward Paynes Find and Yalgoo. Granite rock holes stored water after rain. Seasonal movement linked waterholes, hunting grounds and stone deposits.