Wakabunga
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The Wakabunga are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Language
Norman Tindale referred to material by two early correspondents, Urquhart and O'Reilley, in a publication by E. M. Curr for details about the Wakabunga and their language, but the word-list is not considered to contain elements of this tongue, about which the general belief is that no information survives. It has been suggested by Barry Blake however,{{sfn|Blake|1990|p=52}} that a word-list compiled in the Wakabunga domain by Curr's brother Montagu Curr,{{sfn|Curr|1886|pp=318–320}} belong to a Mayi dialect. From this it has been inferred that Wakabunga may have belonged to the Mayi language family.
Country
The Wakabunga traditional lands covered an estimated {{convert|4,900|mi2|km2}} in the area of the Upper Leichhardt River and Gunpowder Creek.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=187}}
People
According to Norman Tindale they were related to the Kalkatungu.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=187}} They were crocodile hunters, stalking freshwater crocodiles with spears on the upper Leichhardt.{{sfn|Roth|1897|p=92}}
Alternative names
- Workabunga
- Workoboongo
- Wakobungo, Waukaboonia
- Waggabundi
- Waggaboonyah
- Kabikabi{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=187}}
Notes
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=Citations=
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Sources
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- {{Cite book| chapter = Languages of the Queensland/Northern Territory Border: Updating the classification
| last = Blake | first = Barry
| author-link = Barry Blake
| year = 1990
| title = Language and History: Essays in Honour of Luise A. Hercus
| editor-last = Austin | editor-first = Peter | editor-link = Peter Austin (linguist)
| publisher = Research School of Pacific Studies
| pages = 49–65
| isbn = 978-0-858-83398-2
}}
- {{Cite book| chapter = Kamilaroi station, Leichardt River
| last = Curr | first = Montagu
| year = 1886
| title = The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent
| editor-last = Curr | editor-first = Edward Micklethwaite | editor-link = Edward Micklethwaite Curr
| volume = 2 | pages = 318–320
| publisher = J. Ferres | location = Melbourne
| chapter-url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf
}}
- {{Cite book| title = Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines
| last = Roth | first = W. E.
| author-link = Walter Roth
| year = 1897
| publisher = Edmund Gregory, Government Printer | location = Brisbane
| url = https://archive.org/details/cu31924029890328
| format = PDF
}}
- {{Cite book| chapter = Wakabunga (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/wakabunga.htm
}}
- {{Cite book| chapter = Seymour, Templeton and Cloncurry Rivers
| last1 = Urquhart | first1 = F.
| last2 = Joseph | first2 = O'Reilley
| year = 1886
| title = The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent
| editor-last = Curr | editor-first = Edward Micklethwaite | editor-link = Edward Micklethwaite Curr
| volume = 2 | pages = 326–329
| publisher = J. Ferres | location = Melbourne
| chapter-url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf
}}
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