The Djankun are an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Isl ...
people of
Far North Queensland.
Country
According to
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
, the Djankun had of tribal territory in what is now the state of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
. The northern limits were around
Mount Mulligan and
Thornborough, while to the south, they ran to
Almaden. Their western frontier was around
Mungana
Mungana is part of the rural locality of Chillagoe, north Queensland, Australia and a former mining township in its own right. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Regio ...
while the eastern extension ran to
Dimbulah
Dimbulah is a town and locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, from Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In ...
near the headwaters of the
Walsh River
The Walsh River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula of Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise in the locality of Watsonville on the Atherton Tableland approximately north of Herberton and then flow in a ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Ngaikungu.''
* ''Dyangun.''
* ''Chungki.''
* ''Dyangunbari.''
* ''Djandnandi.''
* ''Chunkunburra.''
* ''Chunkunberry, Changunberries.''
* ''Shanganburra.''
* ''Kokotjangun.'' (
Kuku Yalanji
The Kuku Yalanji, also known as Gugu-Yalanji, Kuku Yalandji or Kokojelandji, are an Aboriginal Australian people originating from the rainforest regions of Far North Queensland.
Language
The traditional language of the people is Guugu Yala ...
exonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...
)
* ''Kokomutju.'' (northern tribal exonym)
* ''Mutju.''
* ''Ngaikungo, Ngaikungo-i.''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland