The Lotiga, also known as the ''Okara,'' were an

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people of the

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Country

Lotiga country, calculated to extend over some , was situated around the upper Dulhunty tributary of the Ducie river and McDonnell Telegraph Station, between the

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and

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stations on the

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People

Ursula McConnel Ursula Hope McConnel (1888–1957) was a Queensland anthropologist and ethnographer best remembered for her work with, and the records she made of, the Wik Mungkan people of Cape York Peninsula. First trained at University College London, the ...

suggested that the Okara tribe mentioned by

Lauriston Sharp Lauriston Sharp (March 24, 1907 – December 31, 1993) was a Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University. He was the first person appointed in anthropology at the university, and he created its Southeast As ...

, as belonging to the Jathaikana type of social organization, might be the same as the Lotiga.

Norman Tindale Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...

equated the two on the basis of McConnel's provisory conjecture.

Alternative names

* ''Okara'' (?) * ''Oharra''

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