The Ithu were an indigenous Australian people of the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland.
Country
editThe Ithu's territory, including Noble Island, the adjacent reefs, and islands, such as Howick within the Howick island group opposite Barrow Point.[1]
People
editVery little has survived regarding the Ithu, and Norman Tindale suggested that they might possibly have been a horde of the Mutumui.[1]
Alternative name
edit- Wurkuldi[1]
Notes
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 169.
Sources
edit- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Ithu (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.