Gudjal Explained
See also: Gudjal language.
| Group: | Gudjal |
| Population: | possibly under 100
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| Regions: | Australia
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The Gudjal, also known as the Kutjala, are an Indigenous Australian people of northern Queensland.
Language
The Gudjal spoke a dialect of the Warrongo subgroup of Greater Maric. The materials surviving from earlier periods are not sufficient to reconstruct the language on its own, and arrangements were made, as part of a revitalization programme, to adopt terms and usages still attested for the Gugu-Badhun language.
Country
Gudjal traditional lands encompassed an estimated 7500mi2 on both sides of the Great Dividing Range, taking in At Mount Sturgeon, Mount Emu Plains, the Lolworth and Reedy Springs Stations. It includes the upper Clarke River. The eastern extension ran close to Charters Towers.
History of contact
As colonial settlements began, with their lands been expropriated for cattle runs, the Gudjal were forced southwards towards Hughenden and Pentland.
Art
The Gudjal created rock art galleries; one conspicuous example can be found in the vicinity of Charters Towers.
Alternative names
Some words
- younga (mother)
- wurboon (white man)
- galbin (children)
Notes
Citations
Sources
- Book: Dixon, Robert M. W.
. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2002 . 1 . . 978-0-521-47378-1 .
- Book: Hobson, John Robert
. Re-awakening Languages: Theory and Practice in the Revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages . 2010 . . 978-1-920-89955-4 .
- Book: Lukin, Gresley
. The Clarke River . 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 . 1886 . 2 . 436–437 . J. Ferres . Melbourne . https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf .
- Ph.D. thesis. Charters Towers . Menghetti . Diane . 1984 . .
- MA thesis. Gugu-Badhun and its neighbours: A Linguistic Salvage Study . Sutton . Peter . Peter Sutton (anthropologist) . 1973 . .
- Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett
. Kutjala (QLD) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kutjala.htm .
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