NORTH (QUEENSLAND ETHNO<illAPHY — ROTH. 95 



Saltwater River ngorpal North Kennedy River nar-nu 



Morehead River rar-mul South ,, ,, tembu-kumana 



Hann K. and Station Creek uguni- Laura River rilr tal 



bu-ar 



Koolburra Creek ne-mar-o Deighton River kar-imika 



Hizaiit River urr-thurr-wa Jeannie River albun, yorl-buxi 



.)ack River te-ra Starcke River kun-jar, dun jo 

 Nornianby River \vin-j;irko, kar-win 



17. Tlie Middle Palmer River District is of interest especially 

 in that the Koko-minni, who occupy it (PI. xxx.), form the means 

 of communication between natives on tlie Gulf and East Coasts. 

 These blacks have their main camp, at the head of the King 

 River at a spot known as Irrangga ; their country soutli of the 

 Palmer River they call Cliuramada, while that which lies north 

 of it is Oninta. They speak of Mt. Daintree as Konongo, 

 Fernhill Mountain as Mo-yeraka, and Strathleven country as 

 Arthau. In 1896 their estimated number was over two 

 hundred. They have a large circle of friends and acquaintances, 

 and visit the Koko-yerlantchi natives on the J^aura River, at 

 Maytown which they speak of as Walpom, and Palmerville 

 known to them as Koron. Their lighting expeditions take thera 

 westwards down to the junction of the Palmer and Mitchell 

 Rivers, to a locality known as Antalba where they fight the 

 Kau-waranga. When after food they travel via Maytown to 

 Limestone — yams being very plentiful on this route — and there 

 come into contact with the Hodgkinson (Union Camp) Blacks, 

 etc. Nowadays, they never go in a southerly direction, having 

 been hunted from Gamboola and Highbury. For purposes of 

 trade they travel northwards to meet the Koko-warra, Koko- 

 rarmul, and Koko-olkulo people. The Kau-waranga follow the 

 course of the Lower Mitchell River as far as its junction with 

 the Palmer River. Two important Gulf tribes with which these 

 Kokominni come into indirect contact are the Gunanni and the 

 Kundara. The Gunanni are coast-blacks running between the 

 Mitchell and Staaten Rivers ; they certainly cross the Mitchell 

 and on the south may proceed to the Gilbert River to meet the 

 Kundara whose territory extends down to Norman ton, while to 

 the eastwards they do not go further than Dunbar. The main 

 camp of these Gunanni is believed to be in the close proximity 

 of Topsy's Waterhole, not very remote from the New Mitchell 

 River Aboriginal Reserve. The Kundara exercise rights over 

 the coast country between the Nassau and Staaten Rivers. 

 Mentana Station which is in the close neighbourhood of their 

 main camp is called Ngabengamadam. 



