Yambina
The Yambina were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland, whose traditional lands lie inland (westwards) some distance from Mackay.
Country[]
Yambina lands included Logan Creek south of . They ran east to the and . The western extension lay around the area of . They were also present at Solferino. Norman Tindale estimated their territory as circumscribing about 6,500 square kilometres (2,500 sq mi).[1]
Social organisation[]
The marriage rules governing the Yambina were set forth by Wilson and Murray, who discerned two classes, the Youngaroo and the Wootharoo.[2]
History of contact[]
Within a few decades of white settlement, it was estimated that the Yambina numbered 100.[3]
Language[]
The language of the Yambina people was Yambina, considered a dialect of the Biri language. No speakers of the language have been recorded since before 1975.[4]
Alternative names[]
AIATSIS' AUSTLANG lists:[4]
- Jambina
- Jampa:l
- Jampal
- Muthoburra
- Mutholburra
- Narboo Murre
- Yambeena
Some words[]
- wanday (tame dog)
- marrara/mowara (wild dog)
- yabboo (farther)
- younga(nerra). (mother)
- meekooloo (whiteman)[5]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 169.
- ^ Wilson & Murray 1887, p. 65.
- ^ Wilson & Murray 1887, p. 64.
- ^ a b E51 Yambina at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ Wilson & Murray 1887, p. 68.
Sources[]
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- Muirhead, James (1887). "Belyando" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 26–33.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Jambina (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- Wilson, Samuel; Murray, T. (1887). "Peak Downs District, Logan Downs Station." (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 64–69.
- Aboriginal peoples of Queensland