Rungarungawa

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

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Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, Rungarungawa lands comprised some 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) in the area of Roxburgh Downs Station and the Pituri Creek. [1]

History of contact

Around 1880, some years after their lands were taken up for white colonization, the Rungarungawa's number were estimated to be approximately 120. [2] [3]

Alternative names

Some words

Source: Craigie 1886 , p. 356

Notes

  1. Edward Micklethwaite Curr's transcription of a report by Craigie, considered by Tindale to be a misprint, (Craigie 1886, p. 350)

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