Guugu-Nyiguudyi Explained

See also: Kokonjekodi language. The Koko Njekodi (Guugu-Nyiguudyi) were an indigenous Australian people of Northern Queensland.

Country

In Norman Tindale's calculations, the Kokonyekodi were assigned a territorial reach of some 400mi2 around the area of the Starcke River, running northwest almost to Murdoch Point on the Coral Sea. Their southeastern limit was at Cape Flattery, and they were also present at Munburra.

Alternative names

• Koko-negodi
• Bindjiwara
• Beengeewarra
• Gugu-Almur (?)

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Aborigines of Princess Charlotte Bay,North Queensland . Hale . H. M. . Tindale . Norman . Norman Tindale . . 1898 . 5 . 1 . 64–116 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kokonjekodi (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kokonjekodi.htm .