Kokopera
{{Short description|Indigenous Australian people}}
{{see also|Kokopera language}}
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The Kokopera, also written Koko Bera, are an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Northern Queensland.
Country
The Kokopera were a coastal people, ranging about the mouth of the Nassau River with an inland reach of some thirty miles, extending north as far as the Mitchell River, and south traditionally to [[Staaten River|Inkerman,
north of the Staaten River]]. According to Norman Tindale's calculations, they had some {{convert|900|mi2|km2}} of tribal territory.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=177}}
Alternative names
- Koko-bera
- Kukaberra
- Kungkara
- Konanin (exonym used by neighbouring tribes)
- Goonanin
- Gunani, Gunanni, Goonamin, Goonamon
- Koko papung, Kokopapun
- Ba:bung{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=177}}
Notes
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Sources
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- {{Cite book| chapter = Kokopera (QLD)
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| author-link = Norman Tindale
| year = 1974
| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| publisher = Australian National University Press
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kokopera.htm
}}
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{{Aboriginal peoples of Queensland}}
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