Gungganyji
Aboriginal Australian people of northern Queensland
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The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Language
The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the Yidiny language.[1]
Country
Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at 390 square kilometres (150 mi2). They are rainforest people, living around the Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (Wararitji) and the mouth of Mulgrave River.[2]
Alternative names
- Kunggandji, Kunggandyi
- Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie
- Goonganji, Goonganjee
- Gunggay
- Kooganji
- Koo-gun-ji[2]
- Gurugulu