Jangaa (QLD)

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Location: Head of Gilbert River, south of Forsayth to Gilberton and Gregory Range; east to near Oak Park, Percyville, and headwaters of Copperfield River; west to Glenora. Distinguish from the Jangga of upper Suttor River. The vocabulary by Dutton closely matches one gathered by me in 1938 but the place names he gives suggests that he was listing a tribal territory originally of the Walangama, but in part that taken over by Jangaa in post-European contact times. The area listed above is the immediately precontact one.

Co-ordinates: 143°25'E x 19°10'S

Area: 3,800 sq. m. (9,900 sq. km.)

References: Dutton, 1904; Tindale, 1940.

Alternative Names: Purkaburra (horde at Percyville).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/15/40 - 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 1.'

Item AA 338/15/41 - 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 2.'

Item AA 338/18/11 - Townsville (3219)

Item AA 338/18/12 - Normanton (3220)