Laia people explained

See also: Laia language. The Laia were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Laia had 2100mi2 of territory, ranging over the area to the north of the Palmer River, and east as far as the Great Dividing Range. Their western limits lay around the headwaters of the Alice River.

Alternative names

• Koko Laia
• Kokowara (Kuku Yalanji exonym, signifying "bad speech")
• Coo-coo-warra

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 28 July 2023 . . .
• Linguistics, Goa. Miorli. Coo-coowarra. . Dutton . H. S. . Science of Man . Sydney . 1901 . 3 . 12 . 208–209 .
• Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia . Sharp . R. Lauriston . Lauriston Sharp . . 9 . 3 . 254–275 . March 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x . 40327744 .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Laia (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/laia.htm .