Gungganyji Explained

The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Language

See main article: Yidiny language. The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the Yidiny language.

Country

Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at 150mi2. They are rainforest people, living around the Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (Wararitji) and the mouth of Mulgrave River.

Alternative names

• Kunggandji, Kunggandyi
• Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie
• Goonganji, Goonganjee
• Gunggay
• Kooganji
• Koo-gun-ji
• Gurugulu

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Memoirs of a Field Worker . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2011 . . 978-1-108-02504-1 .
• Book: Dixon, R. M. W. . Edible Gender, Mother-in-law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay . Robert M. W. Dixon . 2015 . . 978-0-198-70290-0 .
• Book: Tindale , Norman Barnett . Kongkandji (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kongkandji.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 . 2 February 2018 . 3 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180203005841/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kongkandji.htm . dead .