[1] Norman Tindale (1974) estimated that the Yukulta had about 5,400 square miles (14,000 km2) of tribal land extending from Burketown to Hann Creek and Massacre Inlet in northern Queensland.
[2] Kerwin (2011) and Trigger (2015) report that the Ganggalidda traditionally lived on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, west of sv:Moonlight Creek.
[3][4] The Garrwa people occupied land to their west, the Waanyi to their south-west, the Nguburinji to their south, and the Mingginda to the east.
[5] The Yukulta/Ganggalida are one of four groups who placed native title claims to coastal areas in the southern gulf region.
In modern Yukulta/Ganggalida tales, by virtue of many of their forebears having shifted into the area since the late 19th century, the former Mingginda sites from Burketown south through the Albert River and the lower reaches of the Nicholson River have become part of their dreamtime creation narratives.