The Guugu Yimithirr are an Australian Aboriginal tribe of Far North Queensland, many of whom today live at Hopevale (population approximately 1000), which is the administrative centre of Hopevale Shire. It is about 46 km from Cooktown by road. It is also the name of their language. They were a coastal people and refer to themselves as a "saltwater people."
Sydney Parkinson, who arrived with Lt. James Cook at the mouth of the Endeavour River at th...
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The Guugu Yimithirr are an Australian Aboriginal tribe of Far North Queensland, many of whom today live at Hopevale (population approximately 1000), which is the administrative centre of Hopevale Shire. It is about 46 km from Cooktown by road. It is also the name of their language. They were a coastal people and refer to themselves as a "saltwater people."
Sydney Parkinson, who arrived with Lt. James Cook at the mouth of the Endeavour River at the site of modern Cooktown, on 11th June, 1770 after their boat, the HM Bark Endeavour was damaged on a reef, described the local people:
In 1885, while delayed on his journey to Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (German New Guinea), the Lutheran missionary Johann Flierl founded a Mission station at Cooktown, which he called Elim, but was later known as Hope Vale.
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