Walubarra (aka walubara,[1] walpoll,[2] wolluparra[3] gimuy wallubara yidinji) is the name for the local Yidiny group who are particularly associated with, and belong to, the foothills and hillslopes beneath those Wet Tropical mountains that encircle and face into the Trinity inlet, being country into which the city of Cairns, (Qld) (Yidiny: Gimuy) has been built[4]
| Walubarra | |
|---|---|
| Aka:walubara[1] walpoll[2] wolluparra[3] | |
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language Family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language Branch: | Yidinic |
| Language Group: | Yidiɲ |
| Group Dialect: | |
| BioRegion: | Wet Tropics of Queensland |
| Location: | Far North Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 16°57′46″S 145°44′35″E / 16.96278°S 145.74306°E |
| Mountains | |
| Other Geological: | |
| Urban Areas | |
Citations
- ^ a b Dixon 1977, p. 3.
- ^ a b Parry-Okedon 1898, p. Map Area C.
- ^ a b Roth 1898.
- ^ First People 2021, Cairns Regional Council website.
Sources
- Dixon, R. M. W. (1991). A Grammer of Yidiɲ. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521214629.
- "First People's history & languages". Cairns Regional Council. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- Parry-Okedon, William E (1898). Conditions of the Aborigines. Report of the Commissioner of Police on the Working of “The Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act, 1897 (Report). Brisbane: Queensland Parliament.
- Roth, Walter E (1898). "Yi-din-ji Wordlist" (Document). AIATSIS Library, MF265: Manuscript.
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