Kungarakany

The Kungarakan were an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated their tribal lands as covering approximately 2,000 square miles (5,200 km²). These covered the inland area northeast of Mount Litchfield, around the midwaters of the Reynolds River and the headwaters of the Adelaide River. Their northeastern limits were close to Rum Jungle and Batchelor.^[1]

Alternative names

Gunerakan.
Kangarraga.
Kangarranga.
Warnunger.
Ungnakan.^[1]

Notes

Citations

^ ^a ^b Tindale 1974, p. 229.

Sources

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Stanner, W. E. H. (December 1933). "Ceremonial Economics of the Mulluk Mulluk and Madngella Tribes of the Daly River, North Australia. A Preliminary Paper". Oceania. 4 (2): 156–175. JSTOR 40327457. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kungarakan (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[FOOTNOTETindale1974229-1] Tindale 1974, p. 229.

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