Wulpura

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The Wulpura were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. Their language, Kuku Waldja, has been listed as a dialect of Kuku Yalanji, but there does not appear to be any data available. [1]

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Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Wulpara controlled about 900 square miles (2,300 km2) of territory. [2] They lived in the rainforested main range that lies west of Mount Romeo and Boolbun, and around the headwaters of the Daintree River on the Mount Windsor tableland. [2]

People

According to one informant, the Wulpura were a people of relatively diminutive stature, on an average about 5 feet tall and weighing around 100 pounds. They engaged in an annual walkabout that would take them from South Mossman, via Julatten, and the Carbine River as far as the Daintree River, and before returning to their point of departure. [2]

Alternative names

Source: Tindale 1974 , p. 190

    Citations

    1. Y98 Kuku Waldja / Wulpura at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    2. 1 2 3 Tindale 1974, p. 190.

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