The Kula are estimated by
Tindale to have held sway over roughly 4,900 square miles (13,000 km2) of territory, predominantly on the western side of the
Darling River, running from near
Bourke to
Dunlop. They were also around the
Warrego River and at
Enngonia and
Barringun on the border with Queensland. Their western reach ran close to
Yantabulla.[1]
Alternative names
Cornu
Gu:nu
Guemo
Guno, Gunu
Komu
Koonoo
Kornoo
Kumu (language name applied to the Kula but also to other Darling River tribes)
^R. H. Mathews noted down a list of parallel words for the terms used in common speech, calling this variant
sacred idiom 'mystic speech', a secret language used for initiatory purposes. In this language, the word for kangaroo was burnki, and for dog munnidi, for example. (
Mathews 1902, pp. 157–158)
The Kula are estimated by
Tindale to have held sway over roughly 4,900 square miles (13,000 km2) of territory, predominantly on the western side of the
Darling River, running from near
Bourke to
Dunlop. They were also around the
Warrego River and at
Enngonia and
Barringun on the border with Queensland. Their western reach ran close to
Yantabulla.[1]
Alternative names
Cornu
Gu:nu
Guemo
Guno, Gunu
Komu
Koonoo
Kornoo
Kumu (language name applied to the Kula but also to other Darling River tribes)
^R. H. Mathews noted down a list of parallel words for the terms used in common speech, calling this variant
sacred idiom 'mystic speech', a secret language used for initiatory purposes. In this language, the word for kangaroo was burnki, and for dog munnidi, for example. (
Mathews 1902, pp. 157–158)