Totj Explained

See also: Trotj language. The Totj (alternatively Trotj) were an Aboriginal Australian people of far northern Queensland.

Country

Their country spread over some 600mi2 of territory from the Upper Mission River and Cox Creek (middle Batavia River). It covered York Downs, and extended south to as far as Merluna.

Alternative name

• ? Kauwala

References

• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . 40327744 . September 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x .
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 1940 . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x . 40327744 .
• Junior Marriage Systems: Comparative Survey . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 21 . 2 . 107–145 . 40328279 . December 1950 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1950.tb01709.x .
• Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia . Sharp . R. Lauriston . Lauriston Sharp . . 9 . 3 . 254–275, 439–461 . March 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00232.x .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Totj (QLD) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/totj.htm .