Kokowara
According to Norman Tindale, the Kokowara (a.k.a. the Gugu-Warra or Laura-Deighton tribe) occupied around 4700 square kilometres of territory around the Normanby River inland from the Guugu Yimithirr, extending as far south as Lakeland and the Laura River. Their central camping area was at Daidan on the Deighton River. Their neighbours to the south were the Kuku-Yalanji, with the Kokominni and Kunjen to the west and the Lama Lama and Mutumui to their north. Other tribes applied the ethnonym Kokowara ('rough speech') to them. Their autonym (word for themselves) remains unclear.
Walter Roth used 'Koko Warra' to describe 'various mutually-friendly groups in the hinterland south and east of Princess Charlotte Bay, speaking similar dialects and practising similar usages and customs'. On the other hand, Bruce Rigsby concluded that 'Koko Warra' referred to a number of distinct clans and languages in a cultural network, around the North Kennedy, Normanby and Laura Rivers, as well as clans that spoke dialects of Guugu Yimithirr, Lamalama, Olkola and Kuku Yalanji.
Links:
Normanby River
Guugu Yimithirr,
Lakeland
Laura River.
Daidan
Deighton River
Kuku-Yalanji,
Kokominni
Kunjen
Lama Lama
Mutumui
Walter Roth
Princess Charlotte Bay
Bruce Rigsby
North Kennedy River
Laura Rivers
Olkola
