Gugu-Badhun
 Gugu-Badhun traditional lands | |
| Total population | |
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possibly under 100 (less than 1% of the Australian population, less than 1% of the Aboriginal population) | |
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| Languages | |
| English, formerly Warrongo language and Gugu Badhun language | |
| Religion | |
| Aboriginal mythology |
The Gugu-Badhun are a tribe of Indigenous Australians who traditionally lived between Charters Towers, Queensland and Lyndhurst, Queensland.
The Gugu-Badhun was one of three tribes that occupied the upper Burdigan River. The others being the Warunga and Gudjal with which it formed a lingusitic [1] and cultural group.[2]
They traditionally spoke the Warrongo language of the Maric sub group of the Pama-Nyungan language family.[3] A dictionary has been published.[4]
References
- ↑ D Menghetti - (James Cook University, 1984) p2
- ↑ Babidge, Sally, Written True Not Gammon: A history of Aboriginal Charters Towers (Black Ink Press, 2007).
- ↑ Barry J. Alpher, On the genetic subgrouping of the languages of southwestern Cape York Peninsula, Australia (1972) Oceanic Linguistics 11. pp. 67-68.
- ↑ Santo, William C. Nancarrow, Cassy. Gudjal language pocket dictionary (Black Ink Press, 2006.)
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