Tulua people explained

See also: Tulua language. The Tulua people were an Aboriginal Australian people of Queensland, in the southern to central region from the coast to the ranges. The Dappil and Tulua people possibly spoke the same language.

Language

See main article: Tulua language. The language of the Tulua people is related to Dappil.

Country

The Tulua's tribal lands ranged over an estimated 1500mi2. They extended from the Calliope River to Port Curtis, near Gladstone. They ran inland from the coast as the nearby ranges and the Boyne Rivers's watershed, and took in also the area around Many Peaks.

The Dappil and Tulua people possibly spoke the same language.^[1]

History of contact

When Tulua country was occupied by white settlers in 1854, it was estimated that the Tulua numbered around 700 people. In less than 3 decades (1882) they were reduced to a mere 43 people. One white informant attributed the drastic drop in their demographics to the impact of dropsy

Alternative names

• Toolooa
• Dandan (an autonym fromdan = man)
• ?Narung

Notes

Citations

Sources

• • Book: Breen, Gavan . Walter Roth and the Study of Aboriginal Languages in Queensland . Gavan Breen . 2016 . The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration . McDougall . Russell . Davidson . Iain . . 133–156 . https://books.google.com/books?id=ZalJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 . 978-1-315-41728-8 .
• Book: Curr, Edward Micklethwaite . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 1887 . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 3 . J. Ferres . Melbourne .
• Note on the Gurang Gurang tribe of Queensland, with vocabulary . Mathew . John . John Mathew . Proceedings of the Australian Association of Advanced Science . Sydney . 1914 . 12 . 433–443 .
• Notes on Some Australian Tribes . Palmer . Edward . . 1884 . 13 . 276–347 . 10.2307/2841896 . 2841896 .
• Book: Roth, Walter E. . Ethnological studies among the north-west-central Queensland aborigines . Walter Roth . 1897 . E. Gregory, Government Printer . Brisbane .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Tulua (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/tulua.htm .

Notes and References

1. Web site: E41: Tulua. Austlang. AIATSIS. 26 July 2019 . 14 January 2020.