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NATURE
BIRDS
Cassowary kurranji LOCAL PLACE NAMES
Cassowary young barbarr
Butcher bird kurkumbay Port Douglas Jabulkanji
Crane, white dulku Thorton’s Peak Wundu
Duck nili-nili Mossman River Jinkalmu
Frogmouth bulnja Devil’s Thumb Majal Jimalji
Bower Bird bajal Daintree Julaymba
Honey eater binjurr-binjurr Cooya Beach Kuyu Kuyu
Ibis, straw neck bujil-yiran Mossman Gorge Wurrumbu
Kookaburra wakuka Mount Demi manjal dimbi
Curlew, bush kuyir Rainforest madja
Turkey, scrub diwan Country budu
Cape Tribulation Kulki
TREES Snapper Island Kaya Biji
Milky Pine kuray kuray
Blue quondong janbal
Coconut jirimandi
Bottle brush yumu
Ironwood jujabala
FISH
Trevally dawal
Jungle perch bayil In 2020 Douglas Shire Council placed 36 signs featuring
Shark yaburr Kuku Yalanji place names throughout the shire in respect
Small mullet kalngkan of its indigenous roots. Many of the signs were illustrated
by local indigenous artist, Loretta Lenoy.
Have you spotted them all?
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