Yirrganydji people
| Yirrganydji people | |
|---|---|
| Aka: Irukandji | |
Wet Tropics BioRegion
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language Family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language Branch: | Yidinic |
| Language Group: | Djabugay |
| Group Dialect: | Yirrgay |
| Area (approx. 500 km²) | |
| BioRegion: | Wet Tropics |
| Location: | Far North Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 16°45′S 145°40′E / 16.750°S 145.667°ECoordinates: 16°45′S 145°40′E / 16.750°S 145.667°E |
| Mountains: |
Flagstaff Hill (Port Douglas) |
| Rivers |
Barron River |
| Other Geological: |
Double Island |
| Urban Areas: |
Cairns Woree, Queensland |
| Notable Individuals | |
Barron River
Cairns Trinity Inlet (Queensland)
Mowbray River
Double Island
(a.k.a. Wangal Djunggay)
Cairns
(a.k.a. Ki: muy)
Woree, Queensland
(a.k.a. Warri / Pukul)
The Yirrganydji people (a.k.a. Irukandji) are a group of Australian Aborigines who are the Traditional Owners and original custodians of a narrow coastal strip within Djabugay country that runs northwards from Cairns, Queensland to Port Douglas (Mowbray River), Queensland.
The Yirrganydji people were, until relatively recently, regarded as seafarers who shared in common, descent from predecessors who once all spoke Yirrgay (which to early linguists noted as a dialect of the Djabugay language), and were particularly associated with the coastal strip, river mouths, islands, and seas along the coast between the Cairns Trinity Inlet and Port Douglas.
Yirrganydji country extended along the coastal strip, south to the Cairns Trinity Inlet and Woree [including Cairns and Mt. Whitfield]; and went north to the Port Douglas District including offshore islands such as Admiralty Island, Double Island, Haycock Island and Low Isles. Yirrganydji territory also extended west to Freshwater Creek and Kamerunga on the Barron River, Spring Creek on the Mowbray River and at certain spots along the Lamb, Macalister, Rifle and Cassowary Ranges.
Yirrganydji sea country extended east into the Great Barrier Reef with connections to reefs between Green Island and Low Isles. Some of the reefs include:
Alexandra reef [Mowbray], Wentworth reef [Mowbray], Egmont reef [Mowbray], Korea reef [Yule Point], Garioch reef [White cliffs], and Unity reef [Wangetti].
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