Muluridji

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

Country

The Muluridji had an estimated (Norman Tindale)1,100 square miles (2,800 km2) of territory, stsarting from the headwaters of the Mitchell River northwards as far as Mount Carbine. The eastern frontier ran to Rumula, while their southern boundary was on the Atherton Tableland at Mareeba. Their western limit was the drier country west of the rainforest margin between Biboohra and Mount Molloy. Woodville, chiefly in the[1]

Social organization

One clan name at least survives:-

Alternative names
  • Muluridyi, Mulari-ji, Mularitchee, Mullridgey.
  • Molloroiji.
  • Moorlooratchee. (Wakara exonym)
  • Koko-moloroitji,Koko-moloroiji.(Kokokulunggur exonym)
  • Kokanodna.[1]

Notes

Citations
  1. Tindale 1974, p. 182.

Sources
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Muluridji(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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