Malintji Explained

The Malintji were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation the Malintji are considered as having held a tribal territory of approximately 5000mi2. They were the eastern neighbours of the Maiawali, living along Vergemont Creek, as far south as the vicinity of Jundah.

Social customs

The Malintji did not accept circumcision as part of their initiatory rites.

Alternative names

• Mullinchi, Mullinchie

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Divisions of the South Australian Aborigines . Mathews . R. H. . Robert Hamilton Mathews . . January 1900 . 29 . 161 . 78–91+93 . 983545 .
• Book: Mathews, R. H. . Ethnological notes on the aboriginal tribes of Queensland . 1905 . Robert Hamilton Mathews . Queensland Geographical Society . 20 . 49–75 . PDF .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Malintji (QLD) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/malintji.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .