Yungkurara

See also: Yungkurara language

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

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Yungkjurara lands as occupying 500 square miles (1,300 km²) around the Bloomfield River. They were the indigenous people of Weary Bay. Their southern limits were at Cape Kimberley. They were also present in the area of Spring Vale. ^[1]

Social organization

The names of at least two hordes are known: ^{[1] [a]}

• Bulponara
• Yokarra

Alternative names

• Yungkarara
• Junkara
• Koko Dyungay
• Yungurara
• Yung-Kurara
• Koko-aungu
• Kokodjilandji
• Kokojalanja
• Kokoyalunyu
• Koko Ialunia
• Koko Ialiu
• Bulponara, Bulpoonarra
• Yokarra ^[1]

Some words

• kai'a tame dog
• nundin (father)
• nammo (mother)
• wangar (white man) ^[3]

Notes

1. Tindale's source mentions these two among a list of several Weary Bay tribes:'Boolpoonnarra, Koonara, Wolburra, Moolburra, Moo-arra, Yokarra, Ikkarra, Yekkara, Amaggi, and Gengagi. ^[2]

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 172.
2. Hughes 1886, p. 393.
3. Hughes 1886, p. 394.

Sources

• Hughes, Thomas (1886). "Weary Bay" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 393–395.
• McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania . 10 (1): 54–72. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR   40327744.
• McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania . 10 (4): 434–455. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR   40327867.
• Sharp, R. Lauriston (March 1939a). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia". Oceania . 9 (3): 254–275. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x. JSTOR   40327744.
• Sharp, R. Lauriston (June 1939b). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia (Continued)". Oceania . 9 (4): 439–461. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00248.x. JSTOR   40327762.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jungkurara (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.