The Yilba, also written Ilba and Jilba, are or were an
Aboriginal Australian
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people of the present-day state of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
.
Country
In
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 estimation, the Yilba were assigned a tribal domain extending over approximately , from the area of
Cape River
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See also
*List of rivers of New Zealand
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westwards as far as the
Great Dividing Range. Their northern boundaries lay roughly about
Pentland Hills
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Etymology
The name is first recorded for the farm of Pentla ...
and
Seventy Mile Range. Their eastern extension was around the
Suttor River
The Suttor River is a river in Central Queensland, Australia. The Belyando River is its main tributary. The river has its origins in the Leichhardt Range, north west of Glenden. It flows into Lake Dalrymple, becoming a tributary of the Burdek ...
, while their southern limits were at
Lake Buchanan. The Yilba were indigenous to places like on
Campaspe River
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; and the
Natal Downs.
Language
The
Yilba language (and variant names as per the people) is
extinct , with no speakers recorded since before 1975. It is regarded as a
dialect
The term dialect (from Latin , , from the Ancient Greek word , 'discourse', from , 'through' and , 'I speak') can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena:
One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a ...
of
Biri.
[
]
Social organisation
The Yilba were composed of kin groups of which six at least are known:[
* ''Yukkaburra''
* ''Wokkulburra'' (eel people)
* ''Pegulloburra''
* ''Mungooburra''
* ''Mungullaburra'' ( spinifex people)
* ''Goondoolooburra'' (]emu
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people)
While stating that there are six "hordes", Tindale gave the names of only three, two of which differ from the list in one of his primary sources on the six, namely
* ''Moothaburra''
* ''Mungera'';
he also adds a possible fourth group:
* ''Muqkibara''.
Alternative names
* ''Yukkaburra, Yuckaburra''
* ''Munkeeburra''
* ''Moothaburra'' (horde name[ )
* ''Mungera, Mungerra'' {horde name][ )
* ''Eneby'' (language name)
* ''Pagulloburra'', ''Pegulloburra'' (horde name)][
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