The Kangulu, also written Gangulu, is an aboriginal tribe from the Mount Morgan area in Queensland, Australia.
The Kangulu, also written Gangulu, is an aboriginal tribe from the Mount Morgan area in Queensland, Australia.
At least one variant name for the Kangulu, Kaangooloo was formed from the word for "no", i.e., ka:ngu. [1]
The Kangulu language is considered to be a dialect of Biri, belonging to the Greater Maric languages. [2]
Kangulu traditional lands occupied an estimated 6,000 square miles (16,000 km2) about the Dawson River as far south as Banana and Theodore. To the northwest, they extended as far as the Mackenzie River and the vicinity of Duaringa and Coomooboolaroo. Their eastern frontier lay towards Biloela, Mount Morgan, Gogango Range, and the upper Don River. Thangool and the headwaters of Grevillea Creek marked its southeastern limits. [1]
A correspondent of E. M. Curr's, Peter McIntosh, a resident of the area, stated that the Kangulu were a confederation of several tribes, the main ones being the Karranbal, the Maudalgo and the Mulkali. [3] No further data were recorded to enable Norman Tindale to clarify the precise nature of the last two groups. [1]
Along with many other remnants of Queensland tribes who had lost their traditional lands to colonial pastoralists, members of the Kangulu moved to the Cherbourg settlement. [4]
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