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Guugu Yimithirr Tribe
The Guugu Yimithirr, also spelt Gugu Yimithirr and also known as Kokoimudji, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Far North Queensland, many of whom today live at Hopevale, Queensland, Hopevale, which is the administrative centre of Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale, Hopevale Shire. At the , Hopevale had a population of 1,005 people. It is about from Cooktown by road. It is also the name of their language. They were both a coastal and inland people, the former clans referring to themselves as a "saltwater people". Language Guugu Yimidhirr language, Guugu Yimidhirr, meaning 'language/speaking (''guugu'') 'this way' (''yimi-thirr''), was one of the earliest Australian languages to be recorded, since Sydney Parkinson took down a list of 200 words during James Cook, Captain Cook's stop-over in the area in 1770. The major dialects are ''dhalun-dhirr'', spoken on the coastal areas, and ''waguurr-ga'', the inland vernacular. It is still spoken by approximately 200 people, and was listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders collectively. It is generally used when both groups are included in the topic being addressed. Torres Strait Islanders are ethnically and culturally distinct, despite extensive cultural exchange with some of the Aboriginal groups. The Torres Strait Islands are mostly part of Queensland but have a separate governmental status. Aboriginal Australians comprise many distinct peoples who have developed across Australia for over 50,000 years. These peoples have a broadly shared, though complex, genetic history, but only in the last 200 years have they been defined and started to self-identify as a single group. Australian Aboriginal identity has cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
