Karanja (QLD)

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Location: At Bedourie and King Creek; south to Cluny and Glengyle; west to Mount David (Moorabulla); on the Georgina River.

Co-ordinates: 139°50'E x 23°50'S

Area: 2,400 sq. m. (6,200 sq. km.)

References: Machattie and Little in Curr, 1886; Roth, 1897, 1906; Elkin, 1931; Tindale, 1940.

Alternative Names: Karenya, Kurrana (['karana] = man), Mooraboola (place name) Moorloobulloo, Ngulubulu (language name), Ooloopooloo (faulty hearing and recording of name).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 309/1/94 - 'EB Scott, Currency Creek dated 22 May 1893.'

Item AA 338/18/21 - Cloncurry (3233)

Item AA 338/18/26 - Cooper Creek (3342)

Item AA 338/26/48/1-10 - JG Breen letter to NB Tindale relating to the distribution and language of Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australian 'tribes'