The Atjinuri were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
Country
The Atjinuri's land covered roughly 700 square miles (1,800 km) running south along the upper Ducie River to the upper Wenlock River.
Alternative names
- Adjinadi
- Itinadjana, Itinadyana, Itinadyand
- Nedgulada
- Imatjana
- ?Ulwauwudjana
- Ulwadjana
Notes
- Tindale considered that Ursula McConnel's reference ( ) to the Ulwauwutjana (or Ebawudjena) was probably a reference to the Atjinuri.
Citations
- Y17 Itinadyana at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Y18 Ulwawadjana at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 164.
- McConnel 1939, p. 57.
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Sources
- 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.