Kalibamu

The Kalibamu were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Language

Besides the oral Kalibamu language, the Kalibamu had a sign language: puffed cheeks meant lack of water; a fist on one's forehead indicated the presence of a wallaroo; stroking one's face with splayed fingers a kangaroo, and holding the arm up and bending one's hand, that an emu was nearby.[1]

Country

The Kalibamu had an estimated (Norman Tindale) territorial range of some 1,100 square miles (2,800 km2), They inhabited the coastal area running from the Leichhardt River to Morning Inlet. Their inland extension went as far as Wernadinga, Floraville, and Punchbowl.[2]

Social organization
MaleFemaleChildren[1]
WungoBambiKorgilla
BambiWungoonKoboror
KorgillaKoboronnWungo
KorboronKorgillaBambi '

People

The last survivor of the remnant of the Kalibamu died out by 1963. They made damper from grass seeds called jaboola. The eating of emu meat was restricted to the aged.[3]

Alternative names
  • Kotanda. (also occasionally used of the Kareldi).[2]

Some words
  • ngoora. (tame dog)
  • goombeno. (wild dog)
  • yabboo (father)
  • younga (mother)
  • mikkaloo. (white man)[4]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Middleton & Noble 1886, p. 91 ?
    2. Tindale 1974, p. 173.
    3. Middleton & Noble 1886, pp. 90–91 ?
    4. Middleton & Noble 1886, p. 92 ?

    Sources
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kalibamu (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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