Djiru (QLD)

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Location: Clump Point and vicinity; north to Murdering Point; south to mouth of Tully River. Coastal rain forest dwellers with social organization of dual type; not to be confused with the inland Djirubal. The Boolboora and Warryboora of Parry-Okeden are very probably horde names in this tribe; 16 on northeastern part of NE map.

Co-ordinates: 146°0'E x 17°52'S

Area: 100 sq. m. (260 sq. km.)

References: Parry-Okeden, 1897; Tindale 1940, 1963 MS; Doolan, 1964 MS, 1966; Dixon, 1969 MS.

Alternative Names: Iimba (valid alternative), Djiru:, Djirubagala (collective term), Dyirubagala, Dyiru, Gerrah, Gillah.

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/1/15/1 - 'Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition, Australia, 1938-1939. Journal and notes by Norman B. Tindale. I.'

Item AA 338/1/25 - 'Journal of Visit to the Gulf of Carpentaria by Norman B Tindale. 1963.'

Item AA 338/7/1/2 - ‘Barrinean Tribes’

Item AA 338/11/21/CDs 1-9 - Palm Island (Qld) 1963

Item AA 338/15/41 - 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 2.'

Item AA 338/15/178 - 'Bowen - Mossman' (Queensland)

Item AA 338/18/11 - Townsville (3219)

Item AA 338/23/2 - Sketch map showing 'tribes' in the Cairns district of northeastern Queensland

Item AA 346/4/20 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Anthropological Expedition sociological, anthropological and ACER data cards

Item AA 689/9/16 - Harvard and Adelaide Universities Expedition, Anthropological Data Cards, with Sociological Photographs attached. 1938-39.