ThePortaulun were anindigenous Australian people ofSouth Australia.
The Portaulun's territory was estimated by Norman Tindale to encompass roughly 300 square miles (780 km2), along the western bank of theMurray River from Wood Hill toWellington andPomanda Point. Their westward extension ran to Grote Hill.[1]
The Portaulun were divided intoclans, the name of two of which are known:-
The Welindjeri name is a post-colonial, being formed on the introduced toponym of Wellington, and thus meaning 'belonging to the Wel.'[2]
The last Portaulun full-blood wasDavid Ngunaiponi, who died in 1967.[1]