Kokangol Explained

The Kokangol (Koko-Gol), or Yuwula, are said to have been an Indigenous Australian people of Queensland. Some dispute this, suggesting the name may be a synonym for Aghu Tharnggala, or may simply be the name of a language consultant.

Country

The Kokangol were, in Norman Tindale's estimation, a distinct people from their neighbours, the Olkola, and lived on the Upper Alice River. Their territory extended over some 1,800 sq-miles, and they lived inland from the Yir-Yoront.

People

The original population was estimated in 1897 to be around 600 people. There are very few explicit references to these people, apart from William Parry-Okeden 's report and passing mention in a volume on Queensland aboriginal rock-art by Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey.

Alternative names

• Koko-Gol
• Kookakolkoloa
• Juwula (language name)
• Oco-carnigal.
• Aj juwalnga
• Galbawa
• Kalpawa
• Kookakolkoloa
• Owonmunga.

Notes and references

References

• Book: Parry-Okeden, William . Report on the north Queensland Aborigines and the Native Police with appendices . William Parry-Okeden . 1897 . 2 . 23–42 . Edmond Gregory, government printer .
• A blood group genetical survey in Australian aboriginal children of the Cape York Peninsula . Simmons . R. T. . Graydon . J. J. . Gajdusek . D. C. . Daniel Carleton Gajdusek . . 16 . 1 . 59–77 . March 1958 . 10.1002/ajpa.1330160105. 13571399 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kokangol (QLD) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kokangol.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
• Book: Quinkan Country. Adventures in search of aboriginal cave paintings in Cape York . Trezise . Percy . Roughsey . Dick . Percy Trezise . Dick Roughsey . 1969 . .