Gudjal

Gudjal

Gudjal traditional lands
Total population
possibly under 100
(less than 1% of the Australian population, less than 1% of the Aboriginal population)
Regions with significant populations

 Australia
(Queensland)

Languages
English, formerly Warrongo language and Gugu Badhun language
Religion
Aboriginal mythology

The Gudjal are a tribe of Indigenous Australians who traditionally lived between Charters Towers, Queensland and Lyndhurst, Queensland.

Their traditional lands are now administered by the Gudjal Traditional Land Owners Corporation.[1][2] They were one of three tribes that occupied the upper Burdigan River. The others being the Warunga and Gugu-Badhun with which it formed a lingusitic [3] and cultural group. The Gudjal created numerous rock art collections in their area.

They traditionally spoke the Warrongo language of the Maric subgroup of the Pama-Nyungan language family.[4] A dictionary has been published [5] and a number of Books on Gudjal, in both Gudjal and English languages have been published.[6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Gudjal.
  2. ↑ Gudjal Traditional Owners.
  3. ↑ D Menghetti (James Cook University, 1984) p2
  4. ↑ Barry J. Alpher, On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia (1972) Oceanic Linguistics 11 pp. 67-68.
  5. ↑ Santo, William C. Nancarrow, Cassy. Gudjal language pocket dictionary (Black Ink Press, 2006.)
  6. ↑ Dixon, Robert M. W. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
  7. ↑ Holmer, N. Notes on Some Queensland Languages. Canberra: Australian National University, 1988.
  8. ↑ Santos, William. Gudjal Language Pocket Dictionary. Collingwood, Victoria: Black Ink Press, 2006.
  9. ↑ Santos, William. My Country in Gudjal Language. Collingwood, Victoria: Black Ink Press, 2006.
  10. ↑ Babidge, Sally, Written True Not Gammon: A history of Aboriginal Charters Towers (Black Ink Press, 2007).


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