Janda (QLD)

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Location: Head of Hamilton River, north of Warenda. At Toolebuc and Lucknow. They practiced circumcision and subincision as initiatory rites for men, being the easternmost group to have both rites.

Co-ordinates: 140°50'E x 22°10'S

Area: 3,100 sq. m. (8,000 sq. km.)

References: Eglinton in Curr, 1886; Roth, 1897; Giglioli, 1911.

Alternative Names: Yanda, Yunda.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/18/21 - Cloncurry (3233)