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Ngatjan People
The Ngajanji, also written ''Ngadyan,'' and Ngadjon-Jii are an Indigenous Australian people of the rainforest region south of Cairns, in northern Queensland. They form one of 8 groups, the others being Yidin, Mamu, Dyirbal, Girramay, Warrgamay, Waruŋu and Mbabaram, of the Dyirbal tribes. Ethnonym Ngajanji/Ngadyan was according to Robert M. W. Dixon, the name for the language spoken by a people whose proper tribal name was Ngadyandyi. Language The Ngajanji spoke ''Ngadyan'', a dialect of Dyirbal, and one showing the greatest differences with the others, particularly in phonology, where it displays vowel lengthening. A vowel followed by ''l'', ''r'' or ''y'' and a successive consonant would result in the lengthening of the vowel in question: thus ''gibar'' (large fig tree) in the other dialects became , and (meat) became . It also had a mother-in-law language (''Jalnay'') in which, when one's mother-in-law or her kin were around, one substituted standard words with a speci ...
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Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups.
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Yungaburra
Yungaburra is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Yungaburra had a population of 1,239 people. Geography Yungaburra is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. The landscape around Yungaburra has been shaped by millennia of volcanic activity. The most recent eruptions were approximately 10,000 years ago. Notable geological features nearby include: * Seven Sisters and Mount Quincan are volcanic cones. * Lake Eacham (Yidyam) and Lake Barrine are lakes inside volcanic craters. *Mount Hypipamee Crater is a diatreme (crater). *Tinaroo Dam submerged the old town of Kulara is visible, on whose cricket-pitch, when drought conditions drastically lower the water-level, locals play cricket matches. History Prior to European settlement, the area around Yungaburra was inhabited by about sixteen different indigenous groups, among them the Ngatjan, with the custodians being Yidinji people and neighbouring Ngajanji peop ...
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Lake Eacham (Queensland)
Lake Eacham (originally ''Yidyam'' or ''Wiinggina'') is a popular lake of volcanic origin on the Atherton Tableland of Queensland, Australia, within the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Queensland. Ngadjonji - Earthwatch web page.
Accessed 5 November 2007.
It is within the of Lake Eacham in the local government area.


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Madjandji
The Madjandji, also known as the ''Majañji,'' are indigenous Australian people in the area south of Cairns in the state of Queensland. Language The Madjandji spoke ''Madjay'', now classified as a dialect of Yidiny. Country The Madjandji were rain-forest dwellers, inhabiting a small territory, estimated by Norman Tindale at some , in the area north of the mouth of the Russell River. Their inland extension to the west lay at Babinda Babinda is a rural town and locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Babinda had a population of 1,253 people. Geography Babinda is located south of Cairns. The town is noted for its proximity to Queensla .... Their northern limits approached Deeral. The Madjandji had close ties to the Wanjuru people to their south. Alternative names * ''Matjai.'' (language name) * ''Matjandji.'' * ''Madyay'' (?) * ''Majay'' * ''Mooka.'' Notes Citations Sources * * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples o ...
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Negrito
The term Negrito () refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples (including the Great Andamanese, the Onge, the Jarawa, and the Sentinelese) of the Andaman Islands, the Semang peoples (among them, the Batek people) of Peninsular Malaysia, the Maniq people of Southern Thailand, as well as the Aeta of Luzon Island, Ati, and Tumandok of Panay Island, Agta of Sierra Madre and Mamanwa of Mindanao Island and about 30 other officially recognized ethnic groups in the Philippines. Etymology The word ''Negrito'' is the Spanish diminutive of ''negro'', used to mean "little black person." This usage was coined by 16th-century Spanish missionaries operating in the Philippines, and was borrowed by other European travellers and colonialists across Austronesia to label various peoples perceived as sharing relatively small physical stature and dark skin. Cont ...
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Tasmanian People
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Gulngai
The Gulngai were an indigenous Australian rainforest people of the state of Queensland. They are not to be confused with the Kuringgai. Language Gulŋay was one of the Dyirbalic languages, and a dialect of Dyirbal. Country Norman Tindale set their lands at some , situated around the Tully River below Tully Falls The Tully Falls, a horsetail chute waterfall on the Tully River, is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia. It formed the eastern boundary of the Dyirbal. Location and features ..., and the Murray River. Their southern border lay on the range above Kirrama. Alternative names * ''Kurungai'' * ''Kulngai'' * ''Gulngay'' * ''Tjulngai'' * ''Djulngai'' * ''Mallanpara'' * ''Malanbara'' * ''Tully blacks'' Notes Citations Sources * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of Queensland ...
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Djiru People
The Djiru, otherwise spelt Jirru, Are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are along the coasts of Northern Queensland, mainly the area around Mission Beach. Language Djiru is a dialect of the Dyirbal language Country The Djiru, a rain-forest people, occupy a large part of the coastal area now called Cassowary Coast. Norman Tindale estimate their lands as covering some around Clump Point and as far north as Murdering Point. Their southern extension runs to the mouth of the Tully River. Social organisation Two names noted down in a list of Queensland tribes compiled by William Parry-Okeden arguably refer, not to distinct tribes, but to Djiru hordes:- * ''Boolboora'' * ''Warryboora'' History The first dispute with settlers occurred in 1872 when the survivors of the ship "Maria" that was shipwrecked near Johnstone River on the coast. Sub-Inspector Robert Johnstone led a search party to look for survivors and to punish the Mamu who had abused them. Commandi ...
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Buluwai
The Buluwai are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. Country The Buluwai are a rainforest people of the Atherton Tableland, occupying, according to Norman Tindale, some in the area east of Tolga, and extending on north to Kuranda, and in a south-westerly direction to Tinaroo. The Barron River formed their coastal limit. Language The Buluwai language was recorded by Norman Tindale in 1938 during the 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939'. Oxycanus buluwandji Oxycanus buluwandji is a moth of the family Hepialidae, often referred to as swift moths or ghost moths. The family is considered primitive with at least 587 moths identified worldwide, including southern Gondwana distribution. Adult moths have greyish brown forewings each with a faint pale pattern. The hindwings are red shading to grey along the margins. The head and thorax have fawn patterns, and the abdomen is red. The wingspan is about 12 cms. No ...
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Gungganyji
The Guŋgañji, also transcribed Gungganyji, Gunggandji, Kongkandji, and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Language The Guŋgañji speak Gungay, a dialect of the Yidiny language. Country Norman Tindale's estimate of Guŋgañji lands sets them at . They are rainforest people, living around the Cape Grafton peninsula, west of the Prior Range, and their southern extension runs down to Palmer Point (''Wararitji'') and the mouth of Mulgrave River The Mulgrave River, incorporating the East Mulgrave River and the West Mulgrave River, is a river system located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The -long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately south of . Locatio .... Alternative names * ''Kunggandji, Kunggandyi'' * ''Kungganji, Kungandji, Koongangie'' * ''Goonganji, Goonganjee'' * ''Gunggay'' * ''Kooganji'' * ''Koo-gun-ji'' * ''Gurugulu'' Notes Citations Sources * * * * {{authority control Ab ...
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Tjapukai
The Djabugay people (also known as Djabuganydji or Tjapukai) are a group of Australian Aboriginal people who are the original inhabitants of mountains, gorges, lands and waters of a richly forested part of the Great Dividing Range including the Barron Gorge and surrounding areas within the Wet Tropics of Queensland. Language Djabugay belongs to the Yidinic branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family, and is closely related to Yidin. It shares the distinction, with Bandjalang in north-eastern New South Wales and South East Queensland, and Maung spoken on the Goulburn Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, of being one of only three languages that lack the dual form. The last speaker with a good knowledge of the language was Gilpin Banning. Country Norman Tindale described the territory of the Tjapukai (Djabugay) as extending along the plateau south of and to the east of south of Mareeba, from Barron River, south of Mareeba to Kuranda and north toward Port Douglas. Thei ...
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Wanjiru
Wanjiru is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: *The main character of a Kikuyu story, " Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People" * Daniel Wanjiru (born 1992), Kenyan long-distance runner * Esther Wanjiru (born 1977), Kenyan long-distance track and road runner and 1998 Commonwealth Games champion * Esther Wanjiru Mwikamba, Kenyan crime victim in Dubai in 2012 * Helen Wanjiru Gichohi, Kenyan ecologist and President of the African Wildlife Foundation * Grace Wanjiru (born 1979), Kenyan race walker and four-time African champion *Margaret Wanjiru, Kenyan bishop and Member of the National Assembly for the Orange Democratic Movement *Samuel Wanjiru (1986–2011), Kenyan marathon runner and 2008 Olympic champion *Ruth Wanjiru (born 1981), Kenyan road runner based in Japan *Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru (born 1989), Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner See also *Wanjiku Wanjikũ is a feminine Kikuyu name. Historically, Wanjikũ was one of the nine daughters of the man and wife who founded ...
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