Yungkurara
TheYungkurarawere anindigenous Australianpeople of the state ofQueensland.
Country
[edit]Norman Tindaleestimated Yungkjurara lands as occupying 500 square miles (1,300 km2) around theBloomfield River.They were the indigenous people of Weary Bay. Their southern limits were at Cape Kimberley. They were also present in the area of Spring Vale.[1]
Social organization
[edit]The names of at least twohordesare known:-[1][a]
- Bulponara
- Yokarra
Alternative names
[edit]- Yungkarara
- Junkara
- Koko Dyungay
- Yungurara
- Yung-Kurara
- Koko-aungu
- Kokodjilandji
- Kokojalanja
- Kokoyalunyu
- Koko Ialunia
- Koko Ialiu
- Bulponara, Bulpoonarra
- Yokarra[1]
Some words
[edit]- kai'atame dog
- nundin(father)
- nammo(mother)
- wangar(white man)[3]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abcTindale 1974,p. 172.
- ^Hughes 1886,p. 393.
- ^Hughes 1886,p. 394.
Sources
[edit]- Hughes, Thomas (1886)."Weary Bay"(PDF).InCurr, Edward Micklethwaite(ed.).The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent.Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 393–395.
- McConnel, Ursula H.(September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland".Oceania.10(1): 54–72.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x.JSTOR40327744.
- McConnel, Ursula H.(June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)".Oceania.10(4): 434–455.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x.JSTOR40327867.
- Sharp, R. Lauriston(March 1939a). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia".Oceania.9(3): 254–275.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x.JSTOR40327744.
- Sharp, R. Lauriston(June 1939b). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia (Continued)".Oceania.9(4): 439–461.doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00248.x.JSTOR40327762.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Jungkurara (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.