The Atjinuri were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.[1][2]

Country

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The Atjinuri's land covered roughly 700 square miles (1,800 km2) running south along the upper Ducie River to the upper Wenlock River.[3]

Alternative names

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  • Adjinadi
  • Itinadjana, Itinadyana, Itinadyand
  • Nedgulada
  • Imatjana
  • ?Ulwauwudjana[a]
  • Ulwadjana[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Tindale considered that Ursula McConnel's reference ([4] ) to the Ulwauwutjana (or Ebawudjena) was probably a reference to the Atjinuri.[3]

Citations

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  1. ^ Y17 Itinadyana at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. ^ Y18 Ulwawadjana at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  3. ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 164.
  4. ^ McConnel 1939, p. 57.

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Sources

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  • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
  • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
  • Sharp, R. Lauriston (March 1939a). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia". Oceania. 9 (3): 254–275. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x. JSTOR 40327744.
  • Sharp, R. Lauriston (June 1939b). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia (Continued)". Oceania. 9 (4): 439–461. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00248.x. JSTOR 40327762.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Atjinuri (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.