Goeng Goeng Explained

See also: Goeng Goeng language. The Goeng or Gureng were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. They lived in the area of the area of present-day Gladstone.

Country

The traditional tribal lands of the Goeng, according to Norman Tindale, stretched over an estimated 1200mi2, running from the southern end of Port Curtis to near mouth of Baffle Creek. Their inland extension went as far as the headwaters of the Kolan River, and took in the ManyPeaks Range. Their land also included Lowmead and one of their borders touched Miriam Vale.

Controversy

John Mathew identified the Goeng and the Goreng goreng as the same tribe, though the former is coastal and the latter an inland tribe. Tindale noted and criticised the conflation.

Alternative names

Goonine
Yungkono
Meeroni
Maroonee, Meerooni
Wide Bay tribe. (Palmer, 1884)
?Yamma

Notes

Citations

Sources

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Divisions of Queensland aborigines . Mathews . R H . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . Brisbane . December 1898 . 37 . 158 . 327–336 . 983859 .
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