Kukatja (Queensland)

The Kukatja were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. They are to be distinguished from the Northern Territory/Western Australian tribe of the same name, the Gugadja.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kukatja held about 2,200 square miles (5,700 km2) of tribal land. Their eastward extension, from Inverleigh reached the Flinders River, and running northwards from the area of the Donor Hills up to the Gulf of Carpentaria.[1]

Alternative names

  • Kukatji
  • Gugadji
  • Konggada. (language name)[1]

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 178.

    Sources

    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kukatja (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
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