Kungarakany
The Kungarakany people, also spelt Koongurrukuñ, Kungarrakany, Kungarakan and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory. They were called the "Paperbark People" by European settlers.
Country
Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands covered approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 km2). They included the inland area north-east of Mount Litchfield, around the mid-waters of the Reynolds River and the headwaters of the Adelaide River. Their north-eastern limits were close to Rum Jungle and Batchelor.[1] Kungarakan traditional land encompasses Adelaide River, Batchelor, Rum Jungle, Finniss River, Litchfield Park, and Berry Springs, including the Territory Wildlife Park.
Language
Alternative names
They were known to European settlers as the "Paperbark People".[2] Alternative names and spellings include:
Notable people
- Kathy Mills, first woman on the Northern Land Council[3]
- Marlon Motlop, footballer and musician[4] (on his mother's side[5])
- Tom Calma, Chancellor of the University of Canberra[6]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Tindale 1974, p. 229.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, (Melbourne University Press), 1993
- ^ Hynes, Nicholas (26 April 2022). "Aboriginal elder Kathy Mills remembered as formidable leader and brilliant storyteller". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Jenke, Tyler (6 March 2021). "MRLN x RKM, Vika and Linda, and Midnight Oil Continue A Stellar WOMADelaide". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ABC Radio National. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Alexandra, Andrew. "Tom Calma: A Biography". Retrieved 21 July 2022 – via Academia.edu.
Sources
- Basedow, Herbert (1907). "Anthropological notes on the Western Coastal tribes of the Northern Territory of South Australia". Journal of the Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 31: 1–62.
- JSTOR 2842215.
- JSTOR 40327457.
- Stretton, W. G. (1893). "Customs, rites and superstitions of the aboriginal tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia (Adelaide Branch). 17: 227–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.