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Ithu

The Ithu were an indigenous Australian people of the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland.

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The Ithu were an indigenous Australian people of the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland.

Country

The Ithu's territory, including Noble Island, the adjacent reefs, and islands, such as Howick within the Howick island group opposite Barrow Point.12

People

Very little has survived regarding the Ithu, and Norman Tindale suggested that they might possibly have been a horde of the Mutumui.12

Alternative name

  • Wurkuldi12
References

References

  1. Tindale 1974a, p. 169.
  2. Tindale 1974b, p. 169.
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