Iningai
TheIningai(Yiningayi) are anindigenous Australianpeople of the present-dayLongreach Regionin the state ofQueensland.
Country
[edit]The traditional lands of the Iningai lay to the west of theGreat Dividing Rangeas far as the Forsyth Range,[1]Maneroo Creek,andLongreach.Norman Tindaleestimated their territory as encompassing an area close to 19,500 sq. miles. Their southern frontier lay along the tributaries of theAlice Riverdown to the vicinity ofMexico.[2]Their northern limits were atMuttaburra,Cornish Creek,Tower Hill,Bowen Downs,andNorth Oakvale.They were also present atAramac.[3]
Muttaburra derives its name from one of the Iningai clan names.
Social organization
[edit]The Iningai were composed of several Band societyhordes, some of whose names survive:-
- Muttaburra
- Tateburra(north of Cornish Creek)
- Terreburra(Alice River)[3]
Alternative names
[edit]- Muttaburra
- Mutabura, Moothaburra, Mootaburra
- Tateburra
- Terreburra[3]
- Kana
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^"Map of Forsyth Range, QLD".bonzle.com.Digital Atlas Pty Limited.Retrieved15 March2018.
- ^"Mexico: Locality (unbounded)".australias.guide.Australias Guide Pty Ltd.Retrieved15 March2018.
- ^abcTindale, Norman B.(1974).Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names(PDF).Canberra: Australian National University Press. p. 169.hdl:1885/114913.ISBN0708107419.Retrieved13 October2022– viaAustralian National UniversityOpen Research Library.
Sources
[edit]- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".Canberra:AIATSIS.14 May 2024.