The Kabi (or Kabi Kabi or Gubbi Gubbi) people are an Aboriginal Goori people of Australia, and corresponding language group of the South East Queensland coast, stretching from Brisbane up to Bundaberg. In their language, "Kabi" means "No".
Recently smaller clan groups separated into sub-groups, and do not identify as Kabi, therefore the term Kabi now refers to a smaller group. Kabi were previously designated the main anthropological group identified in the South East Queensland region.
Buroinjin was a game played by the Kabi. Spectators called out 'Ei, ei' to applaud. Buroinjin was the name of the ball made from kangaroo skin.
The ancestral god of the Kabi people has a name that cannot be mentioned "in ordinary conversation", though a form of their god is the Djakkahn (the rainbow serpent), which is a part-fish part-snake ancestral spirit residing in deep water holes.
Notable Kabi people include: Dali'pie, Great Elder Statesman of the early to late 19th century, a chief who was an outspoken critic of the treatment of his people by the colonial government and early settlers in Australia. Dahn'dali, a great warrior of high stature, a Chief who led his warriors on a war against the colonial government and early settlers, the war he led was from 1841 to 1854. Wha'din (Fred Embrey),a great songman, a chief who struggled to maintain the culture of the Kabi people during the reservation days of Aboriginal Australia. He composed several corrobories (Yaua'Warrai), and passed on many Ancient stories and ceremonies to some of his people that have allowed the kabi kabi culture to exist to this day.