Jukun

Jukun here is the country of the Djugun, also written Djugan or Jugun, Aboriginal people of the coast around Broome in northwestern Australia, who spoke a dialect so close to Yawuru that the two peoples were distinguished only by minor differences. Their country faces Roebuck Bay, a shallow bay of red sandy beaches, mangroves and tidal creeks.

The northern shore of the bay, from Dampier Creek through the law grounds at Fishermans Bend to Crab Creek, was used for seasonal gatherings, gift exchange, marriage arrangements and the settlement of disputes. Shell middens along cliffs and dunes mark former camping places. The people lived on fish, turtles, stingrays, dugong and crabs from the sea and bush fruits and wallabies from the pindan scrub, marking the year by six seasons and trapping fish in stake-fenced rock ponds on the tidal flats. In 1699 William Dampier brought HMS Roebuck into the bay that now bears her name.