Minyangbal
The Minyungbal, also written Minjungbal, are an indigenous Australian people from the area around Southport, Queensland to Cape Byron, New South Wales. They speak the Minyungbal language. Name. Their ethnonym derives from their word for 'what'("minjung"), meaning literally 'people who say 'minjung' for the idea of 'what'. Country. According to Norman Tindale, the Minyungbal held some of territory running northwards from Cape Byron as far as Southport. Their inland extension ran to Murwillumbah and Nerang Creek. Mythology. The origin story of the Minyungal concerns the legend of three brothers, each of whom established one of the tribes of the  area. It tells of the arrival to this part of the eastern Australian coastline by 3 men/mythical culture heroes ("Berruġ, Mommóm" and "Yaburóng")and their wives and children in a canoe. Long ago, Berruġ together with Mommóm (and) Yabúrong came to this land. They came with their wives and children in a great canoe, from an island across the sea. As they came near the shore, a woman on the land made a song that raised a storm which broke the canoe in pieces, but all the occupants, after battling with the waves, managed to swim ashore. This is how  'the men' the "paiġål" black race, came to this land.The pieces of the canoe are to be seen to this day. If any one will throw a stone and strike a piece of the canoe, a storm will arise, and the voices of Berrúġ and his boys will be heard calling to one another, amidst the roaring elements. The pieces of the canoe are certain rocks in the sea. At Ballina, Berrúg looked around and said, "nyuġ?" and all the paiġål about there say nyuġ to the present day. On the Tweed he said, "ġando?" (ngahndu)and the Tweed paigål  say "ġando" to the present day. This is how the blacks came to have different dialects. Berrúġ and his brothers came back to the Brunswick River, where he made a fire, and showed the paiġål how to make fire. He taught them their laws about the "kippåra", and about marriage and food. After a time, a quarrel arose, and the brothers fought and separated, Mommóm going south, Yaburóng west, and Berrúġ keeping along the coast. This is how the paiġål were separated into tribes.