Kula Tribe (Australia)
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The Kula, also known as the Kurnu, 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 ...
people of the state of
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.


Country

The Kula are estimated by Tindale to have held sway over roughly of territory, predominantly on the western side of the
Darling River The Darling River (or River Darling; Paakantyi: ''Baaka'' or ''Barka''), is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its long ...
, running from near Bourke to Dunlop. They were also around the
Warrego River The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. The Warrego River is the north ...
and at Enngonia and Barringun on the border with Queensland. Their western reach ran close to Yantabulla.


Alternative names

* ''Cornu'' * ''Gu:nu'' * ''Guemo'' * ''Guno, Gunu'' * ''Komu'' * ''Koonoo'' * ''Kornoo'' * ''Kumu'' (language name applied to the Kula but also to other Darling River tribes) * ''Kuno'' * ''Noolulgo'' Source:


Some words

* ''thirlta'' (kangaroo) * ''karle/kulli'' (dog)


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* * * * * * * * * * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales