The Yinwum, also written Jinwum, were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
Country[edit]
The Yinwum's native lands covered an extent estimated at 800 square miles (2,100 km2) about the upper Wenlock River (Batavia) River south of Moreton Telegraph Station.[1] The Nyuwathai were to their north; the Koko-Yao to their east; the Mbewum and Wikampama to their southwest, while the Ndwangit horde of the Winduwinda lay to their west, over the Cox river.[2]
Alternative names[edit]
- Jinwum
- Yeemwoon
Notes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 171.
- ^ McConnel 1939, p. 55.
Sources[edit]
- McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
- McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jinwum (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.