The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, 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 I ...
people of the state of
Queensland
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Language
The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the
Yidiny language
Yidiny (also spelled Yidiɲ, Yidiñ, Jidinj, Jidinʲ, Yidinʸ, Yidiń ) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, spoken by the Yidinji people of north-east Queensland. Its traditional language region is within the local government area ...
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Country
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 ...
's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at . They are
rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
people, living around the
Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (''Wararitji'') and the mouth of
Mulgrave River
The Mulgrave River, incorporating the East Mulgrave River and the West Mulgrave River, is a river system located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The -long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately south of .
Locatio ...
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Alternative names
* ''Kunggandji, Kunggandyi''
* ''Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie''
* ''Goonganji, Goonganjee''
* ''Gunggay''
* ''Kooganji''
* ''Koo-gun-ji''
* ''Gurugulu''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland