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Mornington Island

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Mornington Island, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Kunhanhaa, ndi chisumbu chomwe chili ku Gulf of Carpentaria ku Shire of Mornington, Queensland, Australia . Ndiwo kumpoto kwambiri ndipo, pa 1,018 km2 , chachikulu kwambiri mwa zisumbu 22 zomwe zimapanga gulu la Wellesley Islands . Tawuni yayikulu kwambiri, Gununa, ili kumwera chakumadzulo kwa chilumbachi.

Anthu a Lardil ndi eni ake a chilumbachi, koma alinso ndi anthu a Kaiadilt, omwe adasamutsidwa kuchokera ku Bentinck Island, komanso mitundu ina. Mornington Island Mission idagwira ntchito kuyambira 1914 mpaka 1978, itatengedwa ndi Boma la Queensland, lomwe linapangitsa kuti zilumbazi zikhale malo osungirako anthu a Aboriginal mu 1905. Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation imayang'anira malo ochitira zojambulajambula, MIArt, ndi gulu lovina, a Mornington Island Dancers.