The Kunggara, also known as Kuritjara, are an indigenous Australian people of the southern Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.
Language The Kunggara spoke Gurdjar, which had two dialects, Gunggara and Rip. Gavan Breen did a salvage study of the language, drawing on information obtained during an interview with one of the last speakers, Elsie McKillop, conducted at Bloodwood.
Country In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Kunggara's tribal territory covered some , centered on the Staaten River and running south to the Smithburne River and Delta Downs. The limits of their inland extension lay around Stirling and Lotus Vale.
Neighbouring tribes were the Maikulan and Maijabi.
Alternative names Gilbert River tribe Gunggara Koonkurri Kuri'tjari Kutjar Ungorri
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