The Kunggara, also known as Kuritjara, are an
indigenous Australian
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people of the southern
Cape York Peninsula
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in
Queensland
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.
Language
The Kunggara spoke
Gurdjar, which had two dialects, ''Gunggara'' and ''Rip.''
Gavan Breen did a salvage study of the language, drawing on information obtained during an interview with one of the last speakers, Elsie McKillop, conducted at Bloodwood.
Country
In
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 ...
's estimation, the Kunggara's tribal territory covered some , centered on the
Staaten River and running south to the Smithburne River and
Delta Downs
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History
The track open ...
. The limits of their inland extension lay around Stirling and Lotus Vale.
Neighbouring tribes were the
Maikulan
The Maikulan were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. They have sometimes been confused with the Maithakari.
Name
According to an earlier resident of the area, the tribal autonym referred to the native brushturkey.
Cou ...
and
Maijabi.
Alternative names
* Gilbert River tribe
* ''Gunggara''
* ''Koonkurri''
* ''Kuri'tjari''
* ''Kutjar''
* ''Ungorri''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland