Totj

The Totj (alternatively Trotj [1]) were an indigenous Australian people of far northern Queensland.

See also: Trotj language

Country

Their country spread over some 600 square miles (1,600 km2) of territory from the Upper Mission River and Cox Creek (middle Batavia River). It covered York Downs, and extended south to as far as Merluna.[2]

Alternative name

Notes

    Citations
    1. AIATSIS.
    2. Tindale 1974, p. 186.

    References
    • Y37 Trotj at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. JSTOR 40327744.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. JSTOR 40327744.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (December 1950). "Junior Marriage Systems: Comparative Survey". Oceania. 21 (2): 107–145. JSTOR 40328279.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Sharp, R. Lauriston (March 1939). "Tribes and Totemism in North-East Australia". Oceania. 9 (3): 254–275, 439–461.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Totj (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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