Djankun Explained

See also: Djankun language. The Djankun are an Aboriginal Australian people of Far North Queensland.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Djankun had 1300mi2 of tribal territory in what is now the state of Queensland. The northern limits were around Mount Mulligan and Thornborough, while to the south, they ran to Almaden. Their western frontier was around Mungana while the eastern extension ran to Dimbulah near the headwaters of the Walsh River.

Alternative names

• Ngaikungu
• Dyangun
• Chungki
• Dyangunbari
• Djandnandi
• Chunkunburra
• Chunkunberry, Changunberries
• Shanganburra
• Kokotjangun (Kuku Yalanji exonym)
• Kokomutju (northern tribal exonym)
• Mutju
• Ngaikungo, Ngaikungo-i

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Davidson, R. R. . Granite Range at the Head of the Walsh River . 1886 . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 2 . 414–415 . J. Ferres . Melbourne .
• Book: Mowbray, H.M. . Granite Range, close to the Head of the Mitchell River and east of the Hodgkinson Goldfields . 1886 . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 2 . 402–407 . J. Ferres . Melbourne .
• Book: Tindale , Norman Barnett . Djankun (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djankun.htm . 7 February 2018 . 28 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130428190953/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djankun.htm . dead .