Kalibamu

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The Kalibamu, also known as the Kotanda, were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

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Language

Besides the oral Kalibamu language (also known as Kukatj, although it may be a separate dialect), the Kalibamu had a sign language: puffed cheeks meant lack of water; a fist on one's forehead indicated the presence of a wallaroo; stroking one's face with splayed fingers a kangaroo, and holding the arm up and bending one's hand, that an emu was nearby. [1]

Country

The Kalibamu had an estimated (Norman Tindale) territorial range of some 1,100 square miles (2,800 km2), They inhabited the coastal area running from the Leichhardt River to Morning Inlet. Their inland extension went as far as Wernadinga, Floraville, and Punchbowl. [2]

Social organisation

MaleFemaleChildren [1]
WungoBambiKorgilla
BambiWungoonKoboror
KorgillaKoboronnWungo
KorboronKorgillaBambi

People

The last survivor of the remnant of the Kalibamu died by 1963.[ citation needed ] They made damper from grass seeds called jaboola. The eating of emu meat was restricted to the aged. [3]

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