People group profile · PG007915
The Gugu-Yimidjir of Australia
The Gugu-Yimidjir of Australia, numbering about 1,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the eastern Cape York Peninsula whose traditional country encompasses the Cooktown, Endeavour River, and Hope Vale region and who maintain a distinct Guugu Yimithirr identity.
They are an indigenous people in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Guugu Yimidhirr.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 1,800
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Guugu Yimidhirr (kky)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Queensland: Hopevale
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gugu-Yimidjir are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gugu-Yimidjir
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
30% adherents
Primary language
Guugu Yimidhirr · Pama-Nyungan family
45% speak Guugu Yimidhirr
Gospel resources in Guugu Yimidhirr
- Bible available, published 1940
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gugu-Yimidjir
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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