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Indigenous Australian people
The Ankamuti, also spelt Ankamuthi, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the
Cape York Peninsula of
Queensland.
Language
The Ankamuti spoke one of the
Uradhi dialects.
Country
Ankamuti territory, according to
Norman Tindale, extended over some 700 square miles (1,800 km2) around the western side of
Cape York, as far south as
Vrilya Point. Its inland extension was close to the headwaters of the
Jardine River. Offshore, they were also on
Possession Island and
Crab Island (Queensland)
and the western islands of
Endeavour Strait.
Alternative names
Notes
Citations
Sources
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"Australian Languages and Traditions".
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 7: 266–268.
doi:
10.2307/2841001.
JSTOR
2841001.
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Crowley, Terry (1983).
"Uradhi". In
Dixon, Robert M. W.;
Blake, Barry J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian languages. Vol. 3. Australian National University Press. pp. 306–428.
ISBN
978-9-027-22005-9.
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Jardine, Francis Lascelles;
Jardin, Alexander William (1867). Byerley, Frederick J. (ed.).
Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine, from Rockhamptom to Cape York, Northern Queensland. Brisbane: J. W. Buxton.
- McGillivray, John (1852).
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc: to which is added Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula (PDF). London: T. & W. Boone.
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Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974).
"Ankamuti (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.
ISBN
978-0-708-10741-6.