Kurnu Explained

The Kula, also known as the Kurnu, were an indigenous Australian people of the state of New South Wales.

Country

The Kula are estimated by Tindale to have held sway over roughly 4900mi2 of territory, predominantly on the western side of the Darling River, running from near Bourke to Dunlop. They were also around the Warrego River and at Enngonia and Barringun on the border with Queensland. Their western reach ran close to Yantabulla.

Alternative names

• Cornu
• Gu:nu
• Guemo
• Guno, Gunu
• Komu
• Koonoo
• Kornoo
• Kumu (language name applied to the Kula but also to other Darling River tribes)
• Kuno
• Noolulgo

Source:

Some words

• thirlta (kangaroo)
• karle/kulli (dog)

Notes

Citations

Sources

• On Some Customs of the Aborigines of the River Darling, New South Wales . Bonney . Frederic . Frederic Bonney . . 1884 . 13 . 122–137 . 10.2307/2841717 . 2841717 .
• Book: Howitt, Alfred William . The native tribes of south-east Australia . 1904 . Alfred William Howitt . .
• Initiation Ceremonies of Australian Tribes . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . January 1898 . 37 . 157 . 54–73 . 983694 .
• Languages of some native tribes of Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . 1902 . 36 . 135–190, 154–159 . 10.5962/p.359384 . free .
• Langage des Kurnu, tribu d'indigenes de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . Bulletins et mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris . 1904a . 5 . 5 . 132–138 . 10.3406/bmsap.1904.7855 .
• Ethnological notes on the aboriginal tribes of New South Wales and Victoria . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . 1904b . 38 . 203–381 . 10.5962/p.359439 . free .
• Die Multyerra-Initiations Zeremonie . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft Wien . 1904c . 34 . 77–83 .
• Notes on some native tribes of Australia . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . 1906 . 40 . 95–129 . 10.5962/p.359471 . free .
• Vocabulary of the Cornu Tribes of Australia . Pechey . W. A. . . 1872 . 1 . 143–147 . 10.2307/2840949 . 2840949 .
• Notes on the Social Organization of Australian Tribes . Radcliffe-Brown . A. R. . Alfred Radcliffe-Brown . . July–December 1918 . 48 . 222–253 . 10.2307/2843422 . 2843422 .
• Report on Australian Languages and Traditions . Ridley . William . . 1873 . 2 . 257–275 . 10.2307/2841174 . 2841174 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Kula (NSW) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kula.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .