Wakka Wakka
Norman Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia places the Wakawaka — alternatively Waa, Wakka-wakka, Waka, Wakka, Woga, Wokka, Wakar, Wakkar, Wackar, Wakuwuka, Wogga, Wuka Wuka, possibly Nukunukubara, Wapa (Kabi Kabi term: “ inlanders” ), Wa:bar (applied to several tribes), Mungar (spotted gum tree people — on approximately 10,700 square kilometres of Country extending from Nanango to Mount Perry and west to the Boyne River, the upper Burnett River, and Mundubbera, including Kingaroy, Murgon, and Gayndah.
They were among the groups that participated in regular bunya nut feasts in the Bunya Mountains and in other large gatherings across the South Burnett in pre-colonial times.
Many Wakka Wakka and Gubbi Gubbi people – along with groups from further afield – were relocated to the Barambah Mission — modern-day Cherbourg — near Murgon in the early 20th century.
Their language belongs to the Waka–Kabic branch of the Pama-Nyungan languages, and is currently being revived in schools across the region to preserve it from extinction.
Sources:
AIATSIS AustLang Project: Wakka Wakka (E28) https://aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/E28
AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia
Norman Tindale, Aboriginal Tribes of Australia, p. 187
Wikipedia: Wakka Wakka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakka_Wakka
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