Kokangol
The Kokangol were an Indigenous Australian people of Queensland
Country
The Kokangol were a distinct people from their neighbours, the Olkola, and lived on the Upper Alice River. Their territory extended over some 1,800 sq-miles,[1] and they lived inland from the Yir-Yoront.[2]
People
The original population was estimated in 1897 to be around 600 people.[1] There are very fewe explicit references to these people, apart from William Parry-Okeden 's report and passing mention in a volume on Queensland aboriginal rock-art by Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey.[3][4][1]
Alternative names
- Koko-Gol
- Kookakolkoloa
- Juwula (language name)
- Oco-carnigal.[1]
Notes and references
Explanatory notes
Notes
- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974.
- ^ Simmons, Graydon & Gajdusek 1958, pp. 62–63.
- ^ Parry-Okeden 1897, pp. 62–63.
- ^ Trezise & Roughsey 1969.
References
- Parry-Okeden, William (1897). Report on the north Queensland Aborigines and the Native Police with appendices. Vol. 2. Edmond Gregory, government printer. pp. 23–42.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Simmons, R. T.; Graydon, J. J.; Gajdusek, D. C. (March 1958). "A blood group genetical survey in Australian aboriginal children of the Cape York Peninsula". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 16 (1): 59–77.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kokangol (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Trezise, Percy; Roughsey, Dick (1969). Quinkan Country. Adventures in search of aboriginal cave paintings in Cape York. Reed Australia.
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