The Kunggara, also known as Kuritjara, are an indigenous Australian people of the southern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

Language

The Kunggara spoke Gurdjar, which had two dialects, Gunggara and Rip. Gavan Breen did a salvage study of the language, drawing on information obtained during an interview with one of the last speakers, Elsie McKillop, conducted at Bloodwood.

Kurtjar

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kunggara's tribal territory covered some , centered on the Staaten River and running south to the Smithburne River and Delta Downs. The limits of their inland extension lay around Stirling and Lotus Vale.

Kurtjar

Neighbouring tribes were the Maikulan and Maijabi.

Kurtjar

Alternative names

Gilbert River tribe

Gunggara

Koonkurri

Kuri'tjari

Kutjar

Ungorri

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Citations

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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland