Djabugay

Djabugay people
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
Mountains:	Black Mountain; (also known as Bunda Gabagn); Macalister Range; (also known as Bunda Bundarra); Lamb Range; (also known as Bunda Djarruy Gimbul);
Rivers	Barron River; (also known as Bana Wuruu),; Mowbray River;
Other Geological:	Barron Falls; (also known as Din Din); Barron Gorge; (also known as Djirri Nyundu Nyrrumba); Double Island; (also known as Wangal Djungay);
Urban Areas	Cairns; (also known as Ngunbay ),; Mount Molloy; Port Douglas;

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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