Brukunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, located approximately 40 kilometres east of Adelaide and 4 kilometres north of the town of Nairne. Its name, derived from Barrukungga in the local Peramangk or Kaurna language, means "place of fire stone" or the "place of hidden fire", and is associated with the creator ancestor of the Kaurna people, Tjilbruke. …
Brukunga is a small town in the Adelaide Hills, located approximately 40 kilometres east of Adelaide and 4 kilometres north of the town of Nairne. Its name, derived from Barrukungga in the local Peramangk or Kaurna language, means "place of fire stone" or the "place of hidden fire", and is associated with the creator ancestor of the Kaurna people, Tjilbruke. Tjilbruke's body was said to have been transformed into the outcrop of iron pyrite at Barrukungga. However the etymology is complex and uncertain. While Brukunga is on Peramangk traditional land, the word Barrukungga has both Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri language elements. Norman Tindale noted that "The natives were well aware of the use of iron pyrites along with flint for the striking of fire and the area near Nairne was one of the places from which they obtained supplies of iron pyrites".
Population: 400 (SAL 2021)
Established: 1952
Location: 40 km (25 mi) east of Adelaide · 4 km (2 mi) north of Nairne
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