Yukulta
TheYukultapeople, also speltJokula,Jukula,and other variants, and also known asGanggaliddaorGangalidda,are anAboriginal Australianpeople of the state ofQueensland.
They may be the same as theYangagroup.[1]
Country
[edit]Norman Tindale(1974) estimated that the Yukulta had about 5,400 square miles (14,000 km2) of tribal land extending fromBurketownto Hann Creek and Massacre Inlet in northern Queensland. They were also present on the coastal area to the west ofCliffdale Creek.Their inland extension was close to theNicholson River.Their eastern frontier was on the mouth of theAlbert RivernearEscott.[2]
Kerwin (2011) and Trigger (2015) report that the Ganggalidda traditionally lived on the southern coast of theGulf of Carpentaria,west ofsv:Moonlight Creek.Many of their descendants now dwell in and aroundMungubie (Burketown)in northernQueensland.[3][4]TheGarrwa peopleoccupied land to their west, theWaanyito their south-west, theNguburinjito their south, and theMinggindato the east.[5]
Native Title
[edit]The Yukulta/Ganggalida are one of four groups who placednative titleclaims to coastal areas in the southern gulf region. Their claim includes the area which was originally Mingginda territory, but to which the Yukulta/Ganggalida petitioners successfully maintained that they had a right to succession. In modern Yukulta/Ganggalida tales, by virtue of many of their forebears having shifted into the area since the late 19th century, the former Mingginda sites from Burketown south through theAlbert Riverand the lower reaches of the Nicholson River have become part of theirdreamtimecreation narratives.[6]
Language
[edit]The Yukulta/Ganggalidda people spoke theYukulta language,aTangkic languagewhich is nowextinct.Kangkalita (Ganggalidda) is reported as a word meaning "language".[7]
Alternative names
[edit]- Jugul, Jugulda
- Jogula, Jokala, Jokul, Jokal
- Iukala, Yukula, Yookala
- Eugoola
- Jungulda(Yanggalexonym)
- Kanggaleida(Yanggal term)
- Yangarella
- Engarilla[2]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Y131Yanga at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database,Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^abTindale 1974,p. 171.
- ^Kerwin 2011,p. 47.
- ^Trigger 2015,p. 59.
- ^Trigger 2015,p. 56.
- ^Trigger 2015,pp. 57–58.
- ^G34Yukulta / Ganggalidda at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database,Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".AIATSIS.14 May 2024.
- Kerwin, Dale (2011).Aboriginal Dreaming Paths and Trading Routes: The Colonisation of the Australian Economic Landscape.Sussex Academic Press.ISBN978-1-845-19529-8.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Jokula (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
- Trigger, David (2015)."Change and Succession in Aboriginal Claims to Land".In Toner, P.G. (ed.).Strings of Connectedness: Essays in honour of Ian Keen.Australian National University Press.pp. 53–73.ISBN978-1-925-02263-6.