Wulpura Explained

The Wulpura were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.Their language, Kuku Waldja, has been listed as a dialect of Kuku Yalanji, but there does not appear to be any data available.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Wulpara controlled about 900mi2 of territory. They lived in the rainforested main range that lies west of Mount Romeo and Boolbun, and around the headwaters of the Daintree River on the Mount Windsor tableland.

People

According to one informant, the Wulpura were a people of relatively diminutive stature, on an average about 5 feet tall and weighing around 100 pounds. They engaged in an annual walkabout that would take them from South Mossman, via Julatten, and the Carbine River as far as the Daintree River, and before returning to their point of departure.

Alternative names

• Koko-baldja (language name)
• Kokowaldja
• Waldja
• Walpoll
• Wolpa (toponym)
• Woora (toponym for a site on the South Mossman River)
• Wulpurara, Wulbur-ara
• Wulurara

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Citations

Sources

• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . September 1939 . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x . 40327720.
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued) . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . June 1940 . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x . 40327867.
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wulpura (QLD) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wulpura.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.