Kanolu

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

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Language

The Kanolu were often confused with the Kangulu, despite marked differences in their dialects. For example, 'no' was kara for the former, kagu for the latter, and the Kanolu word for 'man' was mari, in contrast to the Kangulu word for the same, bama. [1]

Kangulu

The Kangulu, also written Gangulu, is an aboriginal tribe from the Mount Morgan area in Queensland, Australia.

Country

The Kanolu were a people of the Central Highlands Region. In Norman Tindale's calculations, their tribal lands extended over 4,700 square miles (12,000 km2). They lives around the eastern headwaters of the Comet River from Rolleston northwards at least to Blackwater and upper Mackenzie River. Their eastern frontier lay near Dingo and Duaringa. [1]

Central Highlands Region Local government area in Queensland, Australia

Central Highlands Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia.

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Comet River river in Australia

The Comet River is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia.

History of contact

Native memory spoke of many members of the tribe dying out around the 1830s, from a disease which affected the nose, [lower-alpha 1] and some members of the group were seen to bear marks that might have indicated a smallpox epidemic. [2] White settlement of Kanolu lands began around 1860. At the time their population was estimated at around 500. Within a decade, by 1869, their numbers had fallen to 300, and by 1879 it was thought no more than 200 survived. Thomas Josephson claimed that this drastic demographic decline was attributable to three factors. One was the effect of venereal disease introduced by settlers; secondly, consumption, and thirdly infanticide. [3]

Tuberculosis Infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections do not have symptoms, in which case it is known as latent tuberculosis. About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those affected. The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic cough with blood-containing sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. It was historically called "consumption" due to the weight loss. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms.

Infanticide is the intentional killing of infants.

Lifestyle

Josephson was struck by the Kanolu's refusal to partake of pork, an introduced meat which other tribes were known to eat. [2]

Alternative names

Some words

Notes

  1. ↑ E. M. Curr glosses this by a note comparing the term current among the distant Watjarri(Cheangwa) for smallpox, namely moolya errillya-rilla-ya (stone in the nose). [2]

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