Ithu

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The Ithu were an indigenous Australian people of the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland.

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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]

People

Very little has survived regarding the Ithu, and Norman Tindale suggested that they might possibly have been a horde of the Mutumui. [1]

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