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See also: Muluridji language

The Muluridji are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

The Muluridji had an estimated (Norman Tindale)1,100 square miles (2,800 km) of territory, starting from the headwaters of the Mitchell River northwards as far as Mount Carbine. The eastern frontier ran to Rumula, while their southern boundary was on the Atherton Tableland at Mareeba. Their western limit was 'Woodville', mainly in the drier country west of the rainforest margin between Biboohra and Mount Molloy.

Social organization

One clan name at least survives:-

  • Kokanodna

Alternative names

  • Muluridyi, Mulari-ji, Mularitchee, Mullridgey
  • Molloroiji
  • Moorlooratchee (Wakara exonym)
  • Koko-moloroitji, Koko-moloroiji (Kokokulunggur exonym)
  • Kokanodna

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 182.

Sources

Indigenous Australian peoples in Queensland
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