Kokojawa (QLD)

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Location: Southeast of Morehead River to Laura; south to North Palmer River and the Great Dividing Range; upper Mosman and Kennedy rivers.

Co-ordinates: 144°10'E x 15°30'S

Area: 3,000 sq. m. (7,800 sq. km.)

References: Roth, 1897; Hale and Tindale, 1933; Tindale, 1940; West, 1963 MS.

Alternative Names: Djauan (valid alternative), Kokorarmul, Jouon, AkuRarmul, Bindaga (general term applied to this and several other tribes in the area south of Princess Charlotte Bay).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/15/1 - 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. I.'

Item AA 338/1/37 - 'Norman B. Tindale. Barrinean Journal 1938 and Visit to Palm Island 1963.'

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

Item AA 338/18/09 - Mitchell River (3111)

Item AA 338/18/10 - Cooktown (3112)

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

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

Item AA 346/4/20 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards

Item AA 689/9/16 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39.