ɐ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə bˈʌndʒɐlˌʌŋ pˈiːpəl, ðə tɹɐdˈɪʃənəl ˈoʊnɚz ʌv mˈʌtʃ ʌv kˈoʊstəl nˈɔːɹðɚn nˈuː sˈaʊθ wˈeɪlz, mˈʌndiːn wʌzðə nˈaɪnθ ʌv ᵻlˈɛvən tʃˈɪldɹən əvə fˈæmɪli kənsˈɪstɪŋ ʌv ˈeɪt bˈɔɪz ænd θɹˈiː ɡˈɜːlz.
A member of the Bundjalung people, the traditional owners of much of coastal northern New South Wales, Mundine was the ninth of eleven children of a family consisting of eight boys and three girls.