Djabugay

Djabugay people
Aka: Tjapukai (Tindale), Djabuganjdji (Horton)
Jaabugay (AIATSIS), Dyaabugay (SIL)
Wet Tropics Bioregion
Tjapukai performance in Cairns
Hierarchy
Language Family:Pama–Nyungan
Language Branch:Yidinic
Language Group:Djabugay
Group Dialects:
  • Djabugay, Guluy
  • Ngunbay, Bulway,
  • Yirrgay
Area (approx. 800 km2)
BioRegion:Wet Tropics
Location:Far North Queensland
Coordinates:16°50′S 145°30′E / 16.833°S 145.500°E / -16.833; 145.500
Mountains:
  • Black Mountain
    (also known as Bunda Gabagn)
  • Macalister Range
    (also known as Bunda Bundarra)
  • Lamb Range
    (also known as Bunda Djarruy Gimbul)
Rivers
Other Geological:
Urban Areas

The Djabugay people (also known as Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people who are the original inhabitants of mountains, gorges, lands and waters of a richly forested part of the Great Dividing Range including the Barron Gorge and surrounding areas within the Wet Tropics of Queensland.

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