The Djankun are an Aboriginal Australian people of Far North Queensland .
Country
According to Norman Tindale , the Djankun had 1,300 square miles (3,400 km2 ) of tribal territory in what is now the state of Queensland . The northern limits were around Mount Mulligan and Thornborough , while to the south, they ran to Almaden . Their western frontier was around Mungana while the eastern extension ran to Dimbulah near the headwaters of the Walsh River .
Alternative names
Ngaikungu Dyangun Chungki Dyangunbari Djandnandi Chunkunburra Chunkunberry, Changunberries Shanganburra Kokotjangun (Kuku Yalanji exonym )Kokomutju (northern tribal exonym)Mutju Ngaikungo, Ngaikungo-i
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Sources
Davidson, R. R. (1886). "Granite Range at the Head of the Walsh River". In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent (PDF) . Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 414– 415. Mowbray, H.M. (1886). "Granite Range, close to the Head of the Mitchell River and east of the Hodgkinson Goldfields". In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent (PDF) . Vol. 2. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 402– 407. Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Djankun (QLD)" . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2018 .