Kokowara (QLD)

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Location: Normanby River from Lakefield south to Laura and Laura River. The proper name probably has not been determined; Kokowara means 'rough speech.' This term has been applied also to the Laia tribe. Not to be confused with the Wakara tribe on the Mitchell River.

Co-ordinates: 144°35'E x 15°5'S

Area: 1,800 sq. m. (7,300 sq. km.)

References: Parry-Okeden, 1897; Dutton, 1901; Roth, 1910; McConnel, 1931; Hale and Tindale, 1933; Sharp, 1939; Tindale, 1940; Trezise, 1969.

Alternative Names: Kookawarra, Coo-oo-warra, Gugu-Warra; Laura-Deighton tribe.

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 338/18/10 - Cooktown (3112)

Item AA 338/23/2 - Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the Cairns district of northeastern Queensland