Kuku Nyungkal people
| Kuku Nyungkal | |
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| Aka: Kokonyungal (Tindale), Gugu Njunggal (AIATSIS), Kuku-Nyungkul (SIL) |
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Wet Tropics BioRegion
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language Family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language Branch: | Yalandyic |
| Language Group: | Kuku Yalanji |
| Dialect: | Kuku Nyungkal |
| Estates: | Kuna Ngulungkaban Muwan Jiraraku Wulumuban Ngarrimurril Nyambilnyambil Yulbu Yumal Kabu |
| Area (approx. 800 km²) | |
| BioRegion: | Wet Tropics |
| Location: | Far North Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 15°40′S 145°15′E / 15.667°S 145.250°ECoordinates: 15°40′S 145°15′E / 15.667°S 145.250°E |
| Mountains: |
Black Mountain (a.k.a. Kalkajaka) Mount Amos (a.k.a. Muku Muku Mount Finnigan |
| Rivers |
Annan River (a.k.a. Yuku-Baja) Upper Normanby River |
| Creeks |
Russell Creek (a.k.a. Ngarrilmurril) Banana Creek |
| Other Geological: |
Shiptons Flat (a.k.a. Kuna) Kings Plain (a.k.a. Dandi) Cedar Bay (a.k.a. Mangkalba) Hope Islands |
| Settlements: |
Helenvale (a.k.a. Bibikarrbaja), Rossville (a.k.a. Ngulangaban) |
| Notable Individuals | |
| Noel Pearson | |
| Henrietta Marrie | |
The Kuku Nyungkal people (or Annan River Tribe) are a group of Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of the coastal mountain slopes, wet tropical forests, waters, and waterfalls of the Upper Annan River, south of Cooktown, Queensland
All Kuku Nyungkal people share in common social descent from ancestors who back to time immemorial have transmitted, from generation to generation, their Kuku Nyungkal dialect, knowledge, names (for people, places, and things), traditions, heritage, plus lore
In 1995 Queensland's Aboriginal Land Tribunal, relying on Kuku Nyungkal genealogical material submitted to them, estimated the total population of Kuku Nyungkal people to be "at least 900" (not including those people who had married into Kuku Nyungkal families)
Norman Tindale's (1974) Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal tribes identifies Kokonyungal country as covering from "Annan River; south to Rossville; west to Annan-Normanby Divide"
Kuku Nyungkal people, in their own country based Strategic Plan, describe the extent of their country as follows:
Kuku Nyungkal Country lies in the northern part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The boundaries of our Country stretch from Annan River, Kings Plain, Rossville, Shiptons Flat and Mount Amos/Archer Point to Cedar Bay and includes Hope Islands
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