Yungkurara

The Yungkurara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

See also: Yungkurara language

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Yungkjurara lands as occupying 500 square miles (1,300 km2) around the Bloomfield River. They were the indigenous people of Weary Bay. Their southern limits were at Cape Kimberley. They were also present in the area of Spring Vale.[1]

Social organization

The names of at least two hordes are known:-[1][lower-alpha 1]

  • Bulponara
  • Yokarra

Alternative names
  • Yungkarara
  • Junkara
  • Koko Dyungay
  • Yungurara
  • Yung-Kurara
  • Koko-aungu
  • Kokodjilandji
  • Kokojalanja
  • Kokoyalunyu
  • Koko Ialunia
  • Koko Ialiu
  • Bulponara, Bulpoonarra
  • Yokarra[1]

Some words
  • kai'a. tame dog
  • nundin. (father)
  • nammo. (mother)
  • wangar. (whiteman)[3]

Notes
  1. Tindale's source mentions these two among a list of several Weary Bay tribes:'Boolpoonnarra, Koonara, Wolburra, Moolburra, Moo-arra, Yokarra, Ikkarra, Yekkara, Amaggi, and Gengagi.[2]

Citations
  1. Tindale 1974, p. 172.
  2. Hughes 1886, p. 393.
  3. Hughes 1886, p. 394.

Sources
  • Hughes, Thomas (1886). "Weary Bay" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Volume 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 393–395.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. JSTOR 40327744.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. JSTOR 40327867.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sharp, R. Lauriston (March 1939a). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia". Oceania. 9 (3): 254–275. JSTOR 40327744.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jungkurara (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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