Quandamooka people

Quandamooka people
Location:Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland
Coordinates:27°30′S 143°30′E / 27.500°S 143.500°E / -27.500; 143.500
Notable people
Oodgeroo Noonuccal[1]
Leeanne Enoch
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island from the air
Moreton Bay, Moreton Island, Stradbroke Island and the rest of Redland Bay islands are the traditional homes of the Quandamooka people

The Quandamooka people (Jandai pronunciation: /ˈkwɒndəˌmʊkə/) 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 eastern side of the bay. Many were pushed out of their lands when the English colonial government established a penal colony near there in 1824. Each group has its own language. A number of local food sources are utilised by the tribes.

  1. ^ Fox 2011, p. 106.


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