Kuku Kulunggur facts for kids

The Kokokulunggur are an indigenous Australian people of North Queensland.

Country

Traditional lands of the Australian aboriginal tribes 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.

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).