Gugu-Badhun

Gugu-Badhun

Gugu-Badhun 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 Gugu-Badhun are a tribe of Indigenous Australians who traditionally lived between Charters Towers, Queensland and Lyndhurst, Queensland.

The Gugu-Badhun was one of three tribes that occupied the upper Burdigan River. The others being the Warunga and Gudjal with which it formed a lingusitic [1] and cultural group.[2]

They traditionally spoke the Warrongo language of the Maric sub group of the Pama-Nyungan language family.[3] A dictionary has been published.[4]

References

  1. ↑ D Menghetti - (James Cook University, 1984) p2
  2. ↑ Babidge, Sally, Written True Not Gammon: A history of Aboriginal Charters Towers (Black Ink Press, 2007).
  3. ↑ Barry J. Alpher, On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia (1972) Oceanic Linguistics 11. pp. 67-68.
  4. ↑ Santo, William C. Nancarrow, Cassy. Gudjal language pocket dictionary (Black Ink Press, 2006.)


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