The Yanda 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 the state of
Queensland
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Country
The Yanda lived north o
Warendaabout the headwaters of the
Hamilton River tributary of the Georgina River, and had, 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 ...
's calculations, tribal lands of some . They were also the indigenous people of
Toolebuc an
Lucknow
Social organization and customs
The Yanda were the most easterly aboriginal tribe to have accepted both circumcision and
subincision
Penile subincision is a form of genital modification or mutilation
The terms genital modification and genital mutilation can refer to permanent or temporary changes to human sex organs. Some forms of genital alteration are performed on adults w ...
into their initiatory rites. On ceremonial occasions, Yanda women adorned themselves with a distinctive ornament called a ''bowra'', fashioned from two kangaroo teeth, fixed together with sinews and resins at the base. They consumed
pituri by chewing on a compound of it made with the ashes of gidea leaves.
History of contact
Yanda lands were first occupied by whites in 1878, at which time they were estimated to number some 100, several of the
octogenarians Within less than a decade, the figure had been halved, with the remnant of 50 consisting of 15 men, 20 women and 15 children.
Alternative names
* ''Janda''
* ''Yunda''
Some words
* ''mikamo'' (tame/wild dog)
* ''koopoon'' (father)
* ''yunganna'' (mother)
* ''gungi / goongin'' (white man)
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland