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The Tjungundji or Tjongkandji are an Indigenous Australian people of central and western Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

Country

The Tjongkandji tribe were known as a Mapoon tribe, whose lands extend along and inland from the Port Musgrave coast over an area of 150 square miles (390 km2) on the lower Batavia River, extending west of its mouth southwards for some 15 miles, namely from Cullen Point, known in their language, according to Walter Roth's transcription as Tratha-m-ballayallyana to Janie Creek.

Alternative names

  • Tjungundji/ Tyongandyi/ Chongandji/ Tjongangi/ Tjungundji/
  • Joonkoonjee/Joongoonjie
  • Chunkunji/ Chinganji/
  • Ngucrand (perhaps a horde).
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