# Kukatj
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{{short description|Aboriginal Australian people of Queensland}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2018}}
The '''Kukatj''' are an [Aboriginal Australian](/source/Aboriginal_Australian) people of the [Cape York Peninsula](/source/Cape_York_Peninsula) in the state of [Queensland](/source/Queensland). They are to be distinguished from the [Kukatja](/source/Kukatja_(Western_Australia)) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) and the [Luritja](/source/Luritja) of the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory), who have also historically been known as Kukatja.
==Country==
In [Norman Tindale](/source/Norman_Tindale)'s estimation, the Kukatj held about {{convert|2,200|mi2|km2|order=flip}} of tribal land. Their eastward extension, from [Inverleigh](/source/Inverleigh%2C_Queensland)[[http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=250562&cmd=sp Inverleigh] (Bonzle)] reached the [Flinders River](/source/Flinders_River), and running northwards from the area of the [Donor Hills](/source/Donor_Hills)[[http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=246444&wnb=65729501&cmd=sp&c=1&x=140.54704&y=-18.71415&mpsec=0 Donor Hills] (Bonzle(] up to the [Gulf of Carpentaria](/source/Gulf_of_Carpentaria).{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=178}}
===Frontier wars===
When European settlers moved into the [Gulf of Carpentaria](/source/Gulf_of_Carpentaria) region and established [Normanton](/source/Normanton%2C_Queensland) in the 1870s, there were an estimated seven [Aboriginal peoples](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) in the area, and the [frontier wars](/source/Australian_frontier_wars) blurred and confused the boundaries of traditional lands. By the 1920s, many Aboriginal people had been forcibly removed to [Aboriginal reserve](/source/Aboriginal_reserve)s and [missions](/source/mission_station). The [Gkuthaarn](/source/Gkuthaarn) and Kukatj people who remained lived in camps along the south-western side of the town, while others, such as the [Kurtijar](/source/Kurtjar) people, camped north of the [Norman River](/source/Norman_River).[
===Native title===
On 29 September 2020 the Kukatj and Gkuthaarn peoples won a [native title determination](/source/native_title_in_Australia) over more than {{convert|16,000|km2}} west of the [Norman River](/source/Norman_River), including [Normanton](/source/Normanton%2C_Queensland), as far as the [Leichhardt River](/source/Leichhardt_River). Their recognition as [traditional owners](/source/traditional_owners) of the land, eight years after lodging the claim, allows the two groups to [hunt](/source/fishing), hunt and practise their culture and their [cultural ceremonies](/source/Aboriginal_ceremony) on [pastoral land](/source/pastoralism).][{{cite web | last=Barry | first=Derek | title=Native title win for Gkuthaarn and Kukatj people | website=The North West Star | date=30 September 2020 | url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/6948210/native-title-win-for-gkuthaarn-and-kukatj-people/ | access-date=15 October 2020}}][{{cite web | title=Native Title Determination Details: QCD2020/002 - Gkuthaarn and Kukatj People| website=[National Native Title Tribunal](/source/National_Native_Title_Tribunal) | date=7 October 2010 | url=http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleClaims/Pages/Determination_details.aspx?NNTT_Fileno=QCD2020/002 | access-date=15 October 2020}}]
==Language==
{{main|Kukatj language}}
The Kukatj people spoke the [Kukatj language](/source/Kukatj_language), which is now [extinct](/source/extinct_language).
==Alternative names==
* ''Kukatji''
* ''Gugadji''
* ''Konggada'' (language name){{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=178}}
==Indigenous rangers==
The Gkuthaarn Kukatj Indigenous Land & Sea Ranger group is a group of [Indigenous ranger](/source/Indigenous_ranger)s made up of Kukatj and [Gkuthaarn](/source/Gkuthaarn) people, help to protect the [natural resources](/source/natural_resources) and cultural heritage of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria region. The group is managed by the [Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation](/source/Carpentaria_Land_Council_Aboriginal_Corporation) (CLCAC).[{{cite web | title=Gkuthaarn Kukatj Indigenous Land & Sea Ranger | website=Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation | date=16 September 2020 | url=http://www.clcac.com.au/news/corporate-news/2020/169 | access-date=14 October 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
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*{{Cite web| title = AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia
| date = 14 May 2024
| publisher = [AIATSIS](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Studies)
| url = https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia
| ref = {{harvid|AIATSIS}}
}}
*{{Cite book| chapter = Kukatja (QLD)
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| author-link = Norman Tindale
| year = 1974
| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| publisher = [Australian National University Press](/source/Australian_National_University_Press)
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/kukatja.htm
| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
}}
{{refend}}
{{Aboriginal peoples of Queensland}}
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Category:Aboriginal peoples of Queensland
Category:Far North Queensland
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