Kokangol

The Kokangol (Koko-Gol), or Yuwula, are said to have been an Indigenous Australian people of Queensland. Some dispute this, suggesting the name may be a synonym for Aghu Tharnggala, or may simply be the name of a language consultant.[1]

Country

The Kokangol were, in Norman Tindale's estimation, a distinct people from their neighbours, the Olkola, and lived on the Upper Alice River. Their territory extended over some 1,800 sq-miles,[2] and they lived inland from the Yir-Yoront.[3]

People

The original population was estimated in 1897 to be around 600 people.[2] There are very few explicit references to these people, apart from William Parry-Okeden 's report and passing mention in a volume on Queensland aboriginal rock-art by Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey.[4][5][2]

Alternative names
  • Koko-Gol
  • Kookakolkoloa
  • Juwula (language name)
  • Oco-carnigal.[2]
  • Aj juwalnga
  • Galbawa
  • Kalpawa
  • Kookakolkoloa
  • Owonmunga.[1]

Notes and references

Explanatory notes

    Notes
    1. AIATSIS.
    2. Tindale 1974.
    3. Simmons, Graydon & Gajdusek 1958, pp. 62–63.
    4. Parry-Okeden 1897, pp. 62–63.
    5. Trezise & Roughsey 1969.

    References
    • Y70 Yuwula at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    • Parry-Okeden, William (1897). Report on the north Queensland Aborigines and the Native Police with appendices. 2. Edmond Gregory, government printer. pp. 23–42.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Simmons, R. T.; Graydon, J. J.; Gajdusek, D. C. (March 1958). "A blood group genetical survey in Australian aboriginal children of the Cape York Peninsula". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 16 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330160105.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kokangol (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Trezise, Percy; Roughsey, Dick (1969). Quinkan Country. Adventures in search of aboriginal cave paintings in Cape York. Reed Australia.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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