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The Yungkurara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Yungkjurara lands as occupying 500 square miles (1,300 km²) around the Bloomfield 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

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The names of at least two hordes are known:-^[1]^[a]

Bulponara
Yokarra

Alternative names

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Yungkarara
Junkara
Koko Dyungay
Yungurara
Yung-Kurara
Koko-aungu
Kokodjilandji
Kokojalanja
Kokoyalunyu
Koko Ialunia
Koko Ialiu
Bulponara, Bulpoonarra
Yokarra^[1]

Some words

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kai'a tame dog
nundin (father)
nammo (mother)
wangar (white man)^[3]

Notes

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^ Tindale's source mentions these two among a list of several Weary Bay tribes:'Boolpoonnarra, Koonara, Wolburra, Moolburra, Moo-arra, Yokarra, Ikkarra, Yekkara, Amaggi, and Gengagi.^[2]

Citations

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^ ^a ^b ^c Tindale 1974, p. 172.

^ Hughes 1886, p. 393.

^ Hughes 1886, p. 394.

Sources

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Hughes, Thomas (1886). "Weary Bay" (PDF). In Curr, 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. JSTOR 40327744.

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. JSTOR 40327867.

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. JSTOR 40327744.

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. JSTOR 40327762.

Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jungkurara (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.

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