Yambina

The Yambina were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

Yambina lands included Logan Creek south of Avon Downs. They ran east to the Denham Range and Logan Downs. The western extension lay around the area of Elgin Downs. They were also present at Solferino. Norman Tindale estimated their territory as circumscribing about 2,500 square miles (6,500 km²).[1]

Social organization

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]

Alternative names

• Jambina.
• Jampa:l.
• Jampal.
• Narboo Murre.(?)
• Muthoburra.[1]

Some words

• wanday. (tame dog)
• marrara/mowara. (wild dog)
• yabboo. (farther)
• younga(nerra). (mother)
• meekooloo. (whiteman)[4]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 169.
2. Wilson & Murray 1887, p. 65.
3. Wilson & Murray 1887, p. 64.
4. 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. Volume 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 26–33.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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. Volume 3. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 64–69.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)