Kokopera
TheKokopera,also writtenKoko Bera,are anindigenous Australianpeople of theCape York PeninsulaofNorthern Queensland.
Country
[edit]The Kokopera were a coastal people, ranging about the mouth of the Nassau River with an inland reach of some thirty miles, extending north as far as theMitchell River,and south traditionally toInkerman, north of the Staaten River.According toNorman Tindale's calculations, they had some 900 square miles (2,300 km2) of tribal territory.[1]
Alternative names
[edit]- Koko-bera
- Kukaberra
- Kungkara
- Konanin(exonym used by neighbouring tribes)
- Goonanin
- Gunani, Gunanni, Goonamin, Goonamon
- Koko papung, Kokopapun
- Ba:bung[1]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^abTindale 1974,p. 177.
Sources
[edit]- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Kokopera (QLD)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.