People group profile · PG007916
The Guguyalanji of Australia
The Guguyalanji of Australia, numbering about 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian rainforest people of Far North Queensland whose traditional country extends from the Daintree and Mossman regions toward Cooktown and the Palmer River and who maintain a distinct Kuku Yalanji identity.
They are an indigenous people in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kuku-Yalanji.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 750
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Kuku-Yalanji (gvn)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Queensland: Bloomfield River (Ayton), Daintree, Mossman, Wujal-Wujal, and between Cooktown and Mossman
Where they live
Gospel status
The Guguyalanji are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Guguyalanji
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
81% adherents
Primary language
Kuku-Yalanji · Pama-Nyungan family
45% speak Kuku-Yalanji
Gospel resources in Kuku-Yalanji
- Bible available, published 1985
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Guguyalanji
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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