Rakaya Explained

See also: Rakkaia language. The Rakkaia were an indigenous Australian people, from what is now Queensland.

Country

The Rakkaia are estimated by Norman Tindale to have had, within their tribal domains, some 2200mi2 of territory, stretching westwards from Coorabulka as far as the Georgina River, and the eastern vicinity of Breadalbane.

Alternative name

• Rukkia.

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Roth, W. E. . Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines . Walter Roth . 1897 . Edmund Gregory, Government Printer . Brisbane . PDF .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Rakkaia (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . 978-0-708-10741-6 .