Gugu Rarmul
TheGugu Rarmulwere anindigenous Australianpeople of the state ofQueensland,one of several whose speech was calledGugu Yawa('Possum language').
Country
[edit]According to Norman Tindale, the Kokojawa had 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2) of territory. They lived southeast of theMorehead Riverdown toLaura.Due south their boundary was on the south to North Palmer River and theGreat Dividing Range.They were present at theupper MossmanandKennedyrivers.[1]
Alternative names
[edit]- Djauan
- Kokorarmul
- Jouon
- AkuRarmul
- Bindaga(generic term for both the Kokojawa and several other tribes south of Princess Charlotte Bay).[1]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abTindale 1974,p. 176.
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".AIATSIS.14 May 2024.
- Hale, H. M.;Tindale, N.B.(1933)."Aborigines of Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland".Records of the South Australian Museum.5(1). Adelaide: 64–116.
- Roth, W. E.(1897).Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines(PDF).Brisbane: Edmund Gregory, Government Printer.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kokojawa (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.