Jupagalk

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The Jupagalk or Jupagulk are an Aboriginal people of northern Victoria, Australia. They may have been a Wergaia clan. [1]

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Language

The language of the Jupagalk was related to Jaara, according to remarks by Alfred William Howitt, as interpreted by Norman Tindale. [a]

Country

The eastern boundaries of Jupagalk territory, which extended over 1,700 square miles (4,400 km2), went as far as Gonn. Their southern boundary ended around Charlton. They extended west of Kerang, and southwest towards Lake Buloke. The northern frontier lay beyond Towaninnie. [4]

Social organization

The Jupagalk tribe was composed of several clans. [4]

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Notes

  1. Tindale cites Howitt in Palmer 1884, which fails verification. [2] The actual source is another paper by Howitt in the same volume, referring to the Avoca river (i.e. Jaara) tribe identified as belonging to the Jajowrong, with its special tribal name "Jupa-galk-wournditch". [3] [4]

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