Ithu
The Ithu were an indigenous Australian people of the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland.
Country
[edit]The Ithu's territory, including Noble Island, the adjacent reefs, and islands, such as Howick within the Howick island group opposite Barrow Point.[1][2]
People
[edit]Very little has survived regarding the Ithu, and Norman Tindale suggested that they might possibly have been a horde of the Mutumui.[1][2]
Alternative name
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Tindale 1974a, p. 169.
- 1 2 3 Tindale 1974b, p. 169.
Sources
[edit]- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974a). "Ithu (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- Tindale, Norman B. (1974b). Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Canberra: ANU Press. ISBN 0-7081-0741-9. LCCN 75516991. OCLC 3052288. OL 4795942M. Wikidata Q128257949.