The earliest sources of anthropological work dated from the mid to late 1800s does not give a name for the entire language chain, however it is clear from sources that particular writers were aware of it, in most instances referring to it by their local variety name or with a descriptor like this language with slight variation..'." It was not until the early 1900s, with the advent of Aboriginal Protection Boards that non-Indigenous sources begin overtly naming wider language groups, this however was at a detriment to local dialect and clan names that were subsumed under the board's chosen name; Yugambeh-Bundjalung's position on the QLD-NSW border lead to two standard terms Yugambeh/Yugumbir on the Queensland side and Bundjalung/Bandjalang on the New South Wales side. It was for this reason that Margaret Sharpe named the chain Yugambeh-Bundjalung, the terms being the most northerly and southerly respectively as well.