Ithu

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.[1][2]

People

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

References

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

Sources

  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974a). "Ithu (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.
  • 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.
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