The Winduwinda were an
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 ...
people of
Queensland
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
.
Name
The name Winduwinda, like that of the
Wik-Munkan, is used to refer to either to a single tribe or an aggregation of approximately 12 tribes.
Languages
Languages named after Winduwinda creak are
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Awngthim
Awngthim is an Language death, extinct Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York Peninsula, Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda, Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region ...
(Mamangit/Mamangidigh/Mamangathi), including
Ntrwa'ngayth
Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian contine ...
(Ndraangit) and
Thaynakwith
Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Cape York in Queensland, Australia by the Winduwinda people. The Awngthim language region includes the areas around Weipa and the Cook Shire.
Name
The name ''Awngthim'' ...
(Tanikuit) dialects
*
Anguthimri, specifically
Alngith
Alngith is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Alngith people. Its date of extinction is unknown. Phonologically, this language variety is very similar to the related variety L ...
(Alingit),
Linngithigh
Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Linngithigh people
Linngithigh (Liningitij) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Pen ...
(Lenginiti),
Ntra'ngith
Ndra'ngith (Ntra'angith) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
Donohue (1991) identifies Ndra'ngith as the same dialect as Ntrwa'ngayth
Awngthim is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly ...
(Ndwangit) dialects
*
Ngkoth
Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.
Phonology Vowels
Ngkoth has seven vowels:
Consonants
N ...
(Nggot), including
Ungawangadi
Ngkoth (Nggɔt, Nggoth, Ŋkot) is an extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Winduwinda. It is unknown when it became extinct.
Phonology Vowels
Ngkoth has seven vowels:
Consonants
N ...
(Ngawangati)
*
Arritinngithigh, specifically
Ladamngid
Aritinngithigh (Aritinngayth, Arraythinngith) is an Australian aboriginal language once spoken in Cape York in Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in ...
(Latamngit) dialect
*
Mpalitjanh
Mpalityan (Mpalitjanh) is an Australian language once spoken in the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivisio ...
(Mbalidjan), perhaps a dialect of
Luthigh
*
Ndorndorin, unattested but possibly a
Wik language
The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.
Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects ma ...
Country
According to
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
, the Winduwinda's tribal territory covered some in the area east of
Duyfken Point
Duyfken Point is a Point (geography), point in the Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality of Mission River, Queensland, Mission River, Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia ().
Geography
Duyfken Point is on the western coast of Cape York ...
over to the
Archer River
The Archer River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
The headwaters of the river rise in the McIlwraith Range and it flows west, traversing tropical savanna plains and wetlands, ...
. Their inland extension reached to the headwaters of the
Embley River
The Embley River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
The headwaters of the river rise on the coastal plain of the Cape York Peninsula and flow in a north westerly direction eventually discharging at Evans Landing into Alba ...
.
Social organization
How one defines the social structure of the Winduwinda depends on whether one takes Winduwinda to refer to one tribe composed of
hordes, or whether several of these bands were actually distinct tribes. Tindale mentions only two hordes for the Winduwinda in a strict sense, namely:
* ''Mbalidjan''
* (?)''Ndorndorin.''
He then outlines the twelve hordes or tribes - the distinction is unclear - associated with the Winduwinda:-
* (1) ''Tanikuit.'' (Tainikudi, Tani-kutti, Dainiguid, Tanna-gootee).Locality: on the northern side of Albatross Bay.
* (2) ''Ndruangit.'' On the northern side of
Mission River
The Mission River is a river located in Texas, in the United States of America. It is formed by the confluence of Blanco and Medio creeks in central Refugio County (at 28°19' N, 97°19' W) and runs southeast, past Refugio, for to its mouth ...
.
* (3) ''Ndwangit.'' (Ndwongit). Northern side of Mission River.
* (4) ''Ngawangati.'' (Ngawataingeti, Ungauwangati). Lower Mission River.
* (5) ''Alingit.'' (Lengiti, Lenngiti, Alngid, Limretti
Includes Weipa and the area to east of it.
* (6) ''Mamangit.'' (Mamangiti, Mamngaid). South side of Albatross Bay.
* (7) ''Latamngit.'' (Lätamngit). West bank of the Hay River.
* (8) ''Nggot.'' (Gott). The southern side of the Embley River.
* (9) ''Aretinget.'' (Aretingit, Aritingiti, Adetingiti). The upper Hay River, and across to Pera Head.
* (10)''Ndraangit.'' (different locality to Ndruangit). Coast near False Pera Head.
* (11) ''Leningiti.'' (Laini-ngitti, not the same as "Lengiti" of Weipa, Leningit) The area west of the lower Watson River and also
Aurukun
Aurukun is a town and coastal suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Shire of Aurukun and the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is an Indigenous Australian, Indigenous community. In the , the locality of Aurukun ...
.
* (12). ''Anjingit'' (Andjingit, Anyingit, Anjingat, Andyingati? Anangit). On the west coast just to the north of the Archer River.
Alternative names
* ''Mbalidjan''
* ''Ndorndorin''
* ''Ngwatainggeti''
* ''Wikwija'' (
Wik-Munkan exonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...
signifying 'bad speech')
* ''Windawinda''
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