Djabugay
The Djabugay people (a.k.a Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) lived in the rainforest-covered mountains and gorges of the Great Dividing Range, including the Barron Gorge. Their language belongs to the Pama–Nyungan language family and is closely related to Yidin.
According to Norman Tindale, their territory extended from Mareeba and Kuranda to Port Douglas, with a western boundary along the end of the rainforest belt between Tolga and Mount Molloy.
Djabugay resistance after European miners and farmers arrived in the area resulted in "dispersals" at Smithfield (1878), Biboohra (early 1880s), near Mareeba (1881) and Speewah (1890), with the latter in response to the killing of a bullock.
After the remnants were forcibly relocated to the Mona-Mona mission and used as farm labourers, their numbers fell dramatically.
