THE GUUGU YIMITHIRR LIVE IN NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA. THEY HAVE ABOUT 800 IN POPULATION. COOKTOWN WAS THEIR LANGUAGE. THEY WERE A COASTAL PEOPLE. THEY WERE CALLED SALT WATER PEOPLE. IN 1770 SYDNEY PARKINSON ARRIVED WITH LIUETENANT JAMES COOK BY BOAT. THEIR VESSEL WAS DAMAGED. THE TRIBE WAS TYPICALLY 5' TO 5" MOST MEN CUT THEIR HAIR. THEY HAD HOLES IN THEIR NOSES.SOME HAD NECKLACES OF SHELL. THEY BUILT CANOES OUT OF TREES. IN 1855 A LUTHERAN MISSIONARY FOUND AN ABORIGINAL MISSION AT COOKTOWN OR HOPEVILLE.
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