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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Category:Aboriginal peoples of Queensland