Yungkurara Explained

See also: Yungkurara language. The Yungkurara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Yungkjurara lands as occupying 500mi2 around the Bloomfield River. They were the indigenous people of Weary Bay. Their southern limits were at Cape Kimberley. They were also present in the area of Spring Vale.

Social organization

The names of at least two hordes are known:-

• Bulponara
• Yokarra

Alternative names

• Yungkarara
• Junkara
• Koko Dyungay
• Yungurara
• Yung-Kurara
• Koko-aungu
• Kokodjilandji
• Kokojalanja
• Kokoyalunyu
• Koko Ialunia
• Koko Ialiu
• Bulponara, Bulpoonarra
• Yokarra

Some words

• kai'a tame dog
• nundin (father)
• nammo (mother)
• wangar (white man)

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Hughes, Thomas . Weary Bay . 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 . 393–395 . J. Ferres . Melbourne . https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf .
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . September 1939 . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x . 40327744 .
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued) . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . June 1940 . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x . 40327867 .
• Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia . Sharp . R. Lauriston . Lauriston Sharp . . March 1939a . 9 . 3 . 254–275 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x . 40327744 .
• Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia (Continued) . Sharp . R. Lauriston . Lauriston Sharp . . June 1939b . 9 . 4 . 439–461 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00248.x . 40327762 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Jungkurara (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/jungkurara.htm .