The Maikathari (Mayi-Thakurti) were an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia 50,000 to 65,000 year ...
people of the state of
Queensland
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.
Country
The Maithakari had, according to ethnologist
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 ...
, approximately of tribal territory extending from the Williams River and
Cloncurry
Cloncurry is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia. It is informally known by local people as The Curry. Cloncurry is the administrative centre of the Shire of Cloncurry.
Cloncurry is known as the ''Friendl ...
. Running north, its boundaries touched
Canobie on the
Cloncurry River
The Cloncurry River is situated in the Gulf Country of north west Queensland, Australia.
Geography
The headwaters of the river rise west of Mount Boorama near Mount Tracey in the Selwyn Range (Australia), Selwyn Range and initially flows nort ...
, and extended east to where
Julia Creek joins the Cloncurry, and also to Mount Fort Bowen. They were also present at
Dalgonally.
Social organisation and rites
They did not practise either circumcision or
subincision
Penile subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation consisting of a urethrotomy, in which the underside of the penis is incised and the urethra slit open lengthwise, from the urethral opening (meatus) toward the base. The slit can ...
.
Alternative names
* Maiðakuri
* Maiðakui
* Maidhagudi, Maitakudi
* Mayatagoorri
* Mythugadi
* Majadhagudi
* Mythuggadi
* Mythaguddi, Mitagurdi, Mittagurdi, Mitagurdi, Mitakoodi, Mittakoodi
* Mitrogoordi, Mitroogoordi
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland