LocationHeadwaters of Diamantina north to Kynuna, and Hamilton Creek divide; west to Middleton Creek; east to Winton and Sesbania; south almost to Cork; much of their country is a wooded dissected plateau. There are dialect differences east and west. They did not practice either circumcision or subincision as rites of initiation.
Co-ordinates142°20'E x 22°10'S
Area10,000 sq. m. (26,000 sq. km.)
ReferencesBennett, 1867; M. Curr in Curr, 1887; Curr, 1887; Haines in Curr, 1887; Anon. (Coah), 1897; Lauterer, 1897; Parry-Okeden, 1897; Roth, 1897; Lamb, 1899, 1904; Dutton, 1901, 1907; Kelly, 1935; Tindale, 1938 MS, 1940, 1963 MS.
Alternative NamesGoa, Goamulgo, Coa, Coah, Guwa.