Kokangol

The Kokangol (Koko-Gol), or Yuwula, are said to have been an Indigenous Australian people of Queensland. Some dispute this, suggesting the name may be a synonym for Aghu Tharnggala, or may simply be the name of a language consultant. ^[1]

Country

The Kokangol were, in Norman Tindale's estimation, a distinct people from their neighbours, the Olkola, and lived on the Upper Alice River. Their territory extended over some 1,800 sq-miles, ^[2] and they lived inland from the Yir-Yoront. ^[3]

People

The original population was estimated in 1897 to be around 600 people. ^[2] There are very few explicit references to these people, apart from William Parry-Okeden 's report and passing mention in a volume on Queensland aboriginal rock-art by Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey. ^{[4] [5] [2]}

Alternative names

• Koko-Gol
• Kookakolkoloa
• Juwula (language name)
• Oco-carnigal ^[2]
• Aj juwalnga
• Galbawa
• Kalpawa
• Kookakolkoloa
• Owonmunga ^[1]

Notes and references

Notes

1. Y70 Yuwula at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
2. Tindale 1974.
3. Simmons, Graydon & Gajdusek 1958, pp. 62–63.
4. Parry-Okeden 1897, pp. 62–63.
5. Trezise & Roughsey 1969.

References

• Parry-Okeden, William (1897). Report on the north Queensland Aborigines and the Native Police with appendices. Vol. 2. Edmond Gregory, government printer. pp. 23–42.
• Simmons, R. T.; Graydon, J. J.; Gajdusek, D. C. (March 1958). "A blood group genetical survey in Australian aboriginal children of the Cape York Peninsula". American Journal of Physical Anthropology . 16 (1): 59–77. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330160105. PMID   13571399.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kokangol (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN   978-0-708-10741-6.
• Trezise, Percy; Roughsey, Dick (1969). Quinkan Country. Adventures in search of aboriginal cave paintings in Cape York. Reed Australia.