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Aboriginal Australian people

The **Djukun** (also spelt **Jukun**, **Tjunung**) are an [Aboriginal Australian](/source/Aboriginal_Australian) people of the [Kimberley](/source/Kimberley_(Western_Australia)) region of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).

Writing in 1974, Norman Tindale stated that by this time the Djukun had become almost extinct. However, the Djukun and their descendants continue to live on their ancestral homelands known as Jirr-ngin-ngan or Broome.

Located in the north west of Western Australia, is the coastal town of Jirr-ngin-ngan or Broome. Djukun country is most famous for the red sand, the sandy beaches and the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.

## Country

Djukun traditional lands extended over some 400 square miles (1,000 km2) along the northern coast of [Roebuck Bay](/source/Roebuck_Bay), up the coast to Willie Creek. Their lands reached inland roughly 15 miles.[1]

## Language

Main article: [Djugun dialect](/source/Djugun_dialect)

The Daisy Bates Collection based at the University of Adelaide contains a comprehensive and substantial body of research on Indigenous Australians from Western Australia including Broome.[2] Dating back more than a century this collection holds information about the Djukun language.[3]

## Modern Period

Despite the Rubibi Community v State of Western Australia Native Title Case, there is significant debate, oral histories and substantial records that verify Djukun people as the traditional owners, knowledge holders and custodians of Djukun Country (Broome)[4]

Greg Campbell ethnographic and anthropological research spanning over 30 years demonstrates strong connections and relations between the Djukun and Goolarabooloo peoples.[5]

The Djukun Nation is involved in several projects, research and community engagement initiatives to revive the Djukun language, reclaim their cultural identity, preserve their history and pass down knowledge to their future generations.[6]

Filmmaker and cinematographer Cornel Ozies documents Djukun cultural heritage in the film 'Footprints'.[7]

## Alternative names

- *Tjugun*

- *Tjukun*

- *Djukun*

- *Tjugan*

- *Djukan*

- *Jukan*

- *Tjunung*

- *Kularrabulu*

- *Jukannganga*[a]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Jukannganga etymologically signified 'Djugun speech/language'[1]

### Citations

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETindale1974241_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETindale1974241_1-1) [Tindale 1974](#CITEREFTindale1974), p. 241.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bates Collection"](https://www.nla.gov.au/collections/guide-selected-collections/bates-collection).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Djukun language revitalisation project a success"](https://www.broomead.com.au/news/broome-advertiser/broomes-djukun-nation-champions-language-revival-in-ambitious-project-c-14765552). 24 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Rubibi Community v State of Western Australia (No 6) \[2006\] FCA 82 - Case Summary"](http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/journals/AILR/2006/5.html). *Australian Indigenous Law Reporter*. 4 June 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Total Reset"](https://kimberleybooks.com.au/p/total-reset).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [https://www.djukunnation.org](https://www.djukunnation.org). {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: Missing or empty |title= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Footprints (2014) - the Screen Guide - Screen Australia"](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/footprints-2014/33297).

## References

- ["AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia"](https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia). [AIATSIS](/source/AIATSIS). 14 May 2024.

- ["Tindale Tribal Boundaries"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160308145114/https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf) (PDF). [Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia](/source/Department_of_Aboriginal_Affairs_(Western_Australia)). September 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf) (PDF) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2017.

- Burke, Paul (2011). [*Law's Anthropology:From ethnography to expert testimony in native title*](http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p151301/pdf/book.pdf?referer=284) (PDF). [Australian National University Press](/source/Australian_National_University_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-921-86243-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-921-86243-4).

- [Tindale, Norman Barnett](/source/Norman_Tindale) (1974). ["Djugun (WA)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djugun.htm). *Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names*. [Australian National University Press](/source/Australian_National_University_Press). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-708-10741-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-708-10741-6). Archived from [the original](http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/djugun.htm) on 20 March 2020.

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