Gulngay Explained

The Gulngai were an indigenous Australian rainforest people of the state of Queensland. They are not to be confused with the Kuringgai.

Language

Gulŋay was one of the Dyirbalic languages, and a dialect of Dyirbal.

Country

Norman Tindale set their lands at some 200mi2, situated around the Tully River below Tully Falls, and the Murray River. Their southern border lay on the range above Kirrama.

Alternative names

• Kurungai
• Kulngai
• Gulngay
• Tjulngai
• Djulngai
• Mallanpara
• Malanbara
• Tully blacks

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Ferrier, Åsa . Journeys into the Rainforest: Archaeology of Culture Change and Continuity on the Evelyn Tableland, North Queensland . 2015 . . 978-1-925-02288-9 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Gulngai (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/gulngai.htm .