Luthigh Explained
See also: Lotiga language. The Lotiga, also known as the Okara, were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of North Queensland.
Country
Lotiga country, calculated to extend over some 400mi2, was situated around the upper Dulhunty tributary of the Ducie river and McDonnell Telegraph Station, between the Paterson and Moreton stations on the Cape York Telegraph Line.
People
Ursula McConnel suggested that the Okara tribe mentioned by Lauriston Sharp, as belonging to the Jathaikana type of social organization, might be the same as the Lotiga. Norman Tindale equated the two on the basis of McConnel's provisory conjecture.
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Citations
Sources
- Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . September 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x . 40327720 .
- Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued) . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . June 1940 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x . 40327867 .
- Book: Parry-Okeden, William
. Report on the North Queensland aborigines and the native police . William Parry-Okeden . 1897 . Edmond Gregory, government printer .
- Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia . Sharp . R. Lauriston . Lauriston Sharp . . 9 . 3 . 254–275 . March 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x . 40327744 .
- Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett
. Lotiga (QLD) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/lotiga.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
