 Bwgcolman, meaning "Palm Island" in Manbarra, is a collective name adopted for the many Palm Islanders peoples who, as distinct from the Manbarra, were subject to coercive displacement from a wide-ranging number of Aboriginal communities on the mainland.It is a descriptive term used in recent claims for native title.The term was devised by the Manbarra elder Dick Palm Island in order to give a collective identity to the 46 groups who found themselves frequently in conflict because of their disparate linguistic and cultural backgrounds.