Kutjala (QLD)

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Location: At Mount Sturgeon, Mount Emu Plains, Lolworth, and Reedy Springs Stations along both sides of the Dividing Range; on upper Clarke River; east to near Charters Towers; eastern boundary not well defined. They moved south to Hughenden and Pentland in the early days of white settlement. Not to be confused with the Kutjal.

Co-ordinates: 145°5'E x 19°50'S

Area: 7,500 sq. m. (19,500 sq. km.)

References: Lukin in Curr, 1886; Davidson, 1938; Tindale, 1940; Australian Encyclopedia, 1958.

Alternative Names: Gudjali, Koochul-bura.

Inventory Listings

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

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

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

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

Item AA 338/18/22 - Clermont (3234)

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