Yinwum Explained

See also: Yinwum language. The Yinwum, also written Jinwum, were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.

Country

The Yinwum's native lands covered an extent estimated at 800mi2 about the upper Wenlock River (Batavia) River south of Moreton Telegraph Station. The Nyuwathai were to their north; the Koko-Yao to their east; the Mbewum and Wikampama to their southwest, while the Ndwangit horde of the Winduwinda lay to their west, over the Cox river.

Alternative names

• Jinwum
• Yeemwoon

Notes

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 . 40327744 .
• 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: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Jinwum (QLD) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/jinwum.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .