Yagalingu Explained

The Yagalingu are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland. Their language may have been a dialect of Bidjara.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Yagalingu had a territorial range of some 8000mi2, south from the headwaters of the Belyando River south to Avoca. The northern reaches lay around Laglan, while to the west they ran to the Great Dividing Range. Their eastern and southern limits were at the Drummond Range.

Social organization

The following clan groups are known

• Wakelbara (eel (wakel) clan, near Laglan
• Kokleburra
• Owanburra/Kowanburra/Auanbura) (upper Belyando River).

Alternative names

• Wakelbara
• Kokleburra
• Owanburra
• Kowanburra
• Auanbura

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Book: Chatfield, William . Natal Downs Station, Cape River . 1886 . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 2 . 468–479 . J. Ferres . Melbourne . https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf .
• Book: Howitt, Alfred William . The native tribes of south-east Australia . Alfred William Howitt . 1904 . .
• Book: Belyando . Muirhead . James . Lowe . Charles . 1887 . The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent . Curr . Edward Micklethwaite . Edward Micklethwaite Curr . 3 . 26–33 . J. Ferres . Melbourne . https://archive.org/download/australianracei02currgoog/australianracei02currgoog.pdf .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Jagalingu (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . Australian National University Press . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/jagalingu.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .