Djabugay People

The Djabugay people (aka Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) are a group of Australian Aborigines 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.

All Djabugay peoples share, in common, descent from ancestors who, back to time immemorial,

• have been given personal names that are sourced from, spoken in, and almost exclusively belong to the Djabugay languages (or dialects);

• have transmitted, from generation to generation, Djabugay language (or dialects), Djabugay knowledge, Djabugay tradition, Djabugay heritage, plus Djabugay law.