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The Nunukul, also spelt Noonuccal and known also as Moondjan are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of three Quandamooka peoples, who traditionally lived on Minjerribah, in Moreton Bay Area and in mainland Brisbane regions.
The Quandamooka people (Jandai pronunciation: / ˈ k w ɒ n d ə ˌ m ʊ k ə /) are Aboriginal Australians who live around Moreton Bay in Southeastern Queensland. They are composed of three distinct tribes, the Nunukul, the Goenpul [a] and the Ngugi, and they live primarily on Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands, that form the
2014 Host city of the 9th G-20 Summit – Opening Ceremony included performances from Nunukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dancers and Bangurra Dance Theatre. 2014 Success of The Veronicas' self-titled album. 2015 Murder of Tiahleigh Palmer. 2016 Dami Im placed second in Eurovision Song Contest. 2017 Construction of Cross River Rail begins.
Various Aboriginal groups shared this story and owned parts of it. In 2005, Riverlife Mirrabooka was created as a joint venture between Riverlife and the Nunukul Yuggera Dance Troupe. It began operating in Brisbane and on Moreton Island, exhibiting rich Australian Aborigines cultural heritage of both regions.
The Jagera people, also written Yagarr, Yaggera, Yuggera, and other variants, are the Australian First Nations people who speak the Yuggera language. The Yuggera language which encompasses a number of dialects was spoken by the traditional owners of the territories from Moreton Bay to the base of the Toowoomba ranges including the city of ...
Australian Aboriginal dancers in 1981. Traditional Aboriginal Australian dance was closely associated with song and was understood and experienced as making present the reality of the Dreamtime. In some instances, they would imitate the actions of a particular animal as part of telling a story.
The Ngugi language was called guwar, a term that, by extension served as one of the names for the people, reflects their word for "no" (gowarliosislipotinoionalop). [1] It was mutually intelligible with the other Moreton bay languages: Tom Petrie, who had mastered the Brisbane area Turrbal language could, according to his daughter's reminiscences, understand the speech of Ngugi people from the ...
The Goenpul's traditional lands occupied some 100 square miles (260 km 2) on southern part of Stradbroke Island.On their northern boundary were the Nunukul. [3] As one of the three tribes constituting the Quandamooka people, the others being the Nunukul and the Ngugi, [1] they are custodians with traditional ownership rights in Moreton Bay.