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Kawadji
The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji, are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The name is also used collectively for several peoples in this area, such as the Pontunj / Jangkonj (Yanganyu), whose language is unconfirmed. Name ''Kawadji'' formerly referred to a people who inhabited Night Island and the coastal strip opposite. It now refers primarily to a modern aggregation of six peoples, collectively known by the same ethnonym ''kawadji'' which means "people of the sandbeach" (''pama malnkana''). These groups, the Umpithamu/Koko Ompindamo, Pakadji, Yintyingka, Otati, Umpila and Pontunj are the traditional owners and users of the coastal areas east of the Great Dividing Range of northeastern Cape York from Oxford Bay to Princess Charlotte Bay. History The traditional Kawadji of Night Island were a small population and intermarried with clans of the mainland Barungguan. The Night Island Kawadji were known for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umpila
The Umpila people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the eastern Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The majority of the remnant of the Umpila now live in Lockhart. Language Umpila is classified as one of the North Cape York Paman languages. It is one of 6 dialects which are often collectively referred to as Umpila, and, though classified as moribund, it is still spoken by elders, along with Kuuku Ya'u/Koko Yao and Kaantju, and efforts are being made to revitalize it. The process of reduplication in Umpila is used for the progressive aspect, creating forms that are "bewilderingly varied". Country Umpila country has been called 'one of the most ecologically intact indigenous domains on earth.' It stretches over some around Cape Sidmouth north to Night Island, and to the Chester River. Their territory is very rich in its biodiversity heritage, with some 260 plant species unique to their region. To their north were the Uutaalnganu, while their southern borders ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontunj
The Pontunj, also called the Yankonyu, are a contemporary Indigenous Australian people of the eastern Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. Country The Pontunj overlap with the Kawadji, of which Yankonyu is considered by Norman Tindale to be an alternative name, though he treats the Pontunj as distinct from the Kawadji The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji, are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The name is also used collectively for several peoples in this area, such as the Pontunj / Jangkonj (Y ... people of Night Island and the coastal stretch opposite. Their territory covered some 300 sq. miles, running from Cape Weymouth southwards to the coast just to the north of Night Island (Queensland), Night Island and to the Lockhart River (Queensland), Lockhart River and Lloyd Island, Lloyd Bay areas. Alternative names * Jangkonju * Yankonya. Notes and references Explanatory notes Notes References * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Island (Queensland)
Night Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park west of Cape Melville, Queensland, Australia. It lies east of Coen between the first three-mile opening and the second three-mile opening of the Barrier Reef about 100 km south-east of Lockhart River. It is part of the Islands North of Port Stewart Important Bird Area.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Islands North of Port Stewart. Downloaded from on 2011-07-12. The indigenous people of the island were the Kawadji The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji, are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The name is also used collectively for several peoples in this area, such as the Pontunj / Jangkonj (Y .... Notes and references Explanatory notes Notes References * Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Important Bird Areas of Queensland Islands of Far North Queensland Great Barrier Reef Marine Park {{Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umpila Language
Umpila is an Aboriginal Australian language, or dialect cluster, of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. It is spoken by about 100 Aboriginal people, many of them elderly. Geographic distribution The land territory associated with the Umpila language group is located along the northeastern coast of Cape York Peninsula and stretches from the northern end of Temple Bay south to the Massey Creek region at the top of Princess Charlotte Bay, and west of the Great Dividing Range towards the township of Coen. Most of the remaining Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u speakers reside in Lockhart River Aboriginal Community, which is located at Lloyd Bay, roughly at the boundary between Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u lands. Varieties The chief varieties of Umpila, variously considered dialects or distinct languages, are: *Umpila proper *Kanju (Kandju, Kaantyu, Gandju, Gandanju, Kamdhue, Kandyu, Kanyu, Karnu), also ''Jabuda, Neogulada, Yaldiye-Ho'' *Kuuku-Yaʼu (Yaʼo, Koko-Jaʼo, Kokoyao), also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yintyingka
The Yintyingka, now extinct, were an Indigenous Australian, Indigenous Australian people of central and eastern Cape York Peninsula. Language The Yintyingka language belonged to the Paman languages, Middle Paman language branch of the Pama-Nyungan languages, Pama-Nyungan language family, and was closely related to the Ayabadhu language, to the point that they are regarded as dialects of the one language. Ecology and society The Yintyingka broke down into two distinct blocks, those clan groups, often referred to as Kawadji, ''Sandbeach people'', with a maritime economy living off coastal estates on the plains and savannahs near or along the eastern shores of the Cape York Peninsula, and inland clans, across the Great Dividing Range, constituted by the Ayapathu, centering around the headwaters of the Lukin River, Lukin and Holroyd River, Holroyd rivers, whose economy was based on the hinterland's riverine ecology. To the north of the Yintyingka people were the Umpila language, Umpil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barungguan
The Barungguan are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Northern Queensland. The name is associated with three languages: Ganganda, Umpithamu and Morrobolam. Name The anthropologist Donald Thomson classified them (speaking of them as the ''Yintjinga'') as one of what he called the Kawadji peoples. Country According to Norman Tindale, writing in 1974, the Barungguan had about of tribal land, on the western side of Princess Charlotte Bay and extending northwards towarCape Sidmouth Their furthest northern limit appears to have been around the Rocky River, beyond which they rarely ventured. Social organisation The Barungguan were organized into clans the names of at least two of which are known: * ''Umbuigamu'' * ''Umbindhamu'' As with the neighbouring Walmbaria, tooth avulsion was practiced on all members of either sex among the Barungguan, with either the right or left upper incisor extracted for ritual purposes. Alternative names * ''Baka.'' (Kaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuuku Ya'u
The Pakadji people, also known by the southern tribal exonym as the Koko Yao (Kuuku Yau), are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The ethnonym ''Koko Yao'' is said literally to mean " talk, speech" (''koko''/''kuku'') 'this way' (''yao''), though this has been questioned. Language Pakadji is one of the Umpila group of dialects within the North Cape York Paman languages. They had a highly developed sign language, but used generally only one hand, with rapid movements, and little secondary reinforcement by physical or facial tics or gestures. Country Pakadji territory embraced roughly an area of 1,300 sq. miles around Weymouth Bay, the Pascoe River, and Temple Bay. It reached northwards as far as Cape Grenville; and ran to the southeast at Cape Weymouth. Inland it extended to the Dividing Range. Lifestyle and economy The Pakadji were one of the Kawadji, or sandbeach people. These coastal tribes basically exploited the rich food resour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otati
The Wuthathi, also known as the Mutjati, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Anthropologist Norman Tindale distinguished the Mutjati from the Otati, whereas AIATSIS treats the two ethnonyms as variants related to the one ethnic group, the Wuthathi. Language Wuthathi is considered to have been a dialect of the Uradhi branch of the Paman languages. A list of some 400 words of the Otati language was taken down by Charles Gabriel Seligman, and a further 60 by George Pimm, members of Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits in the late 19th century. Country The Wuthathi, according to Tindale, held sway over some of territory extending north from Shelburne Bay to the vicinity of Orford Ness. The area around Shelburne Bay has been described as some of "the most beautiful coastal and island country in Australia, if not the world", and was home to over 30 rare and threatened species of fauna as the double-wattled cassowary and the pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakadji
The Pakadji people, also known by the southern tribal exonym as the Koko Yao (Kuuku Yau), are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The ethnonym ''Koko Yao'' is said literally to mean " talk, speech" (''koko''/''kuku'') 'this way' (''yao''), though this has been questioned. Language Pakadji is one of the Umpila group of dialects within the North Cape York Paman languages. They had a highly developed sign language, but used generally only one hand, with rapid movements, and little secondary reinforcement by physical or facial tics or gestures. Country Pakadji territory embraced roughly an area of 1,300 sq. miles around Weymouth Bay, the Pascoe River, and Temple Bay. It reached northwards as far as Cape Grenville; and ran to the southeast at Cape Weymouth. Inland it extended to the Dividing Range. Lifestyle and economy The Pakadji were one of the Kawadji, or sandbeach people. These coastal tribes basically exploited the rich food resour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umpithamu
The Umpithamu, also once known to ethnographers as the Koko Ompindamo, are a contemporary Aboriginal Australian people of the eastern Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. Norman Tindale, transcribing their ethnonym Umpithamu as Umbindhamu, referred to them as a horde of the Barungguan. They are one of several Lamalama peoples. Language The Umpithamu language belongs to the Paman subgroup of the Pama–Nyungan languages. By the early 2000s, there were only two completely fluent speakers of Umpithamu, one of them being Florrie Bassani. In July 2020, ''A Dictionary of Umpithamu'' was published, compiled by Flemish linguist Jean-Christophe Verstraete, with main language consultants Florrie Bassani and her niece Joan Liddy. People and country The Umpithamu were the southernmost group of the Kawadji or "sandbeach peoples" (in Umpithamu ''ma-yaandhimunu'' or "people who own the sandbeach".), followed in order to their north, by the Yintyingka, the Umpila, the Pontunj (Yankon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaantju
The Kaantyu people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. They live in the area around the present-day town of Coen. Most of their traditional tribal land has been taken over for cattle stations. ''Kaantju'' refers to the hook of the ''yuli'', their word for woomera. Language The Kaantyu language is a dialect, with northern and southern varieties, of Umpila. Ecology The Kantyu live in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range along and around the upper tributaries of the Archer River, and the Watson river to the north, and the Edward southwards, from the junction of the Coen and Archer rivers to the mouth of the Archer and the junction of the Kendall and Holroyd extending over approximately . To their west they were separated from the coastal waters of the gulf of Carpentaria by the Wik-Natera and Wik-Kalkan tribes. To their south, along the Coleman River were the Bakanu and the Kunjen speaking Olkola. Social relations The K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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