THESE AUSTRAILIAN ABORIGINES OF THE FAR NORTHEAST. THEY DO HAVE ABOUT 800 IN POPULATION. COOKTOWN WAS THEIR LANGUAGE. ABORIGINES OF THE FAR NORTHEAST.. THEY HAVE ABOUT 800 IN POPULATION. COOKTOWN WAS THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY WERE A COASTAL PEOPLE AND WERE CALLED SALTWATER PEOPLE.
IN 1770 SYDNEY PARKINSON ARRIVED WITH LIEUTENANT JAMES COOK BY BOAT. THEIR VESSEL WAS DAMAGED THIS TRIBE WAS TYPICALLY 5 FEET 5 INCHES. MOST OF THEIR MEN CUT THEIR HAIR. THEY HAD HOLES IN THEIR NOSES. SOME HAD NECKLACES OF SHELL. THEY BUILT CANOES OUT OF ONE TREE. IN 1885 A LUTHERAN MISSIONARY FOUND AN ABORIGINAL MISSION AT COOKTOWN OR HOPEVILLE.
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