Kuku Kulunggur

See also: Kokokulunggur language

The Kokokulunggur are an indigenous Australian people of North Queensland.^[1]

Country

Traditional lands of the Aboriginal peoples around Cairns

In Norman Tindale's estimation their traditional lands covered some 300 square miles (780 km²), encompassing the area around Port Douglas and Mossman north to Daintree. Their inland extension was around Mount Carbine.^[2][3]

History of contact

Cook Sailed past the Kokokulunggur in 1770 before being wreaked near Cooktown, and there was later some conflict between the Kokokulunggur and early pastoralists.

Alternative names

• Koko-yalung
• Ngarlkajee (Wakara exonym)^[3]