Kuku Kulunggur Explained

See also: Kokokulunggur language. The Kokokulunggur are an indigenous Australian people of North Queensland.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation their traditional lands covered some 300mi2, encompassing the area around Port Douglas and Mossman north to Daintree. Their inland extension was around Mount Carbine.

History of contact

Cook Sailed past the Kokokulunggur in 1770 before being wreaked near Cooktown, and there was later some conflict between the Kokokulunggur and early pastoralists.

Alternative names

• Koko-yalung
• Ngarlkajee (Wakara exonym).

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Richards, F. . Customs and language of the Western Hodgkinson aboriginals . 1926 . 8 . 249–265 . Memoirs of the Queensland Museum . 3 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kokokulunggur (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kokokulunggur.htm .
• Book: Wood, Ray . The problem of 'tribal names' in eastern Australia:The Kuku Yalanji example . 2016 . Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country . Verstraete . Jean-Christophe . Hafner . Diane . . 337–360 . 978-9-027-26760-3 .