The Gulngai were an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
rainforest people of the state of
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
. They are not to be confused with the
Kuringgai
Kuringgai (also spelled Ku-ring-gai, Kuring-gai, Guringai, Kuriggai) (,) is an ethnonym misapplied to an Indigenous Australian people who once occupied the territory between the southern borders of the Gamilaraay and the area around Sydney, ...
.
Language
Gulŋay was one of the
Dyirbalic languages
The Dyirbalic languages are a group of languages forming a branch of the Pama–Nyungan family. They are:
*Dyirbalic
**Dyirbalic proper
*** Dyirbal
*** Warrgamay
**Nyawaygic
*** Wulguru
*** Nyawaygi
At least one of the Lower Burdekin langu ...
, and a dialect of
Dyirbal.
Country
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
set their lands at some , situated around the
Tully River
The Tully River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The Tully River rises in the Cardwell Range, part of the Great Dividing Range on the northern boundary of the Kirrama State Forest. The river flows generally n ...
below
Tully Falls
The Tully Falls, a horsetail chute waterfall on the Tully River, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Wet Tropics in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. It formed the eastern boundary of the Dyirbal.
Location and feature ...
, and the Murray River. Their southern border lay on the range above
Kirrama.
Alternative names
* ''Kurungai''
* ''Kulngai''
* ''Gulngay''
* ''Tjulngai''
* ''Djulngai''
* ''Mallanpara''
* ''Malanbara''
* ''Tully blacks''
Notes
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland