The Tulua people were 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 Islands ...
people 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
, established_ ...
, in the southern to central region from the coast to the ranges. The
Dappil and Tulua people possibly spoke the
same language.
Language
The language of the Tulua people is related to Dappil.
Country
The Tulua's tribal lands ranged over an estimated . They extended from the
Calliope River
The Calliope River is a river located in Central Queensland, Australia.
The river rises in the Calliope Range inland from the industrial port city of Gladstone, flows past the town of Calliope, before emptying into the Pacific Ocean just north o ...
to
Port Curtis
Port Curtis is a suburb of Rockhampton in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Port Curtis had a population of 281 people.
Geography
The Fitzroy River bounds the suburb to the north-east. Gavial Creek, a tributary of the ...
, near
Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...
. They ran inland from the coast as the nearby ranges and the
Boyne Rivers's watershed, and took in also the area around
Many Peaks.
The Dappil and Tulua people possibly spoke the same language.
History of contact
When Tulua country was occupied by white settlers in 1854, it was estimated that the Tulua numbered around 700 people. In less than 3 decades (1882) they were reduced to a mere 43 people. One white informant attributed the drastic drop in their demographics to the impact of
dropsy
Edema, also spelled oedema, and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. Symptoms may include skin which feels tight, the area ma ...
Alternative names
* ''Toolooa''
* ''Dandan'' (an
autonym
Autonym may refer to:
* Autonym, the name used by a person to refer to themselves or their language; see Exonym and endonym
* Autonym (botany), an automatically created infrageneric or infraspecific name
See also
* Nominotypical subspecies, in zo ...
from''dan'' = man)
* ''?Narung''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland