Maikudunu

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The Maikudunu were an indigenous Australian tribe of the state of Queensland.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Maikudunu 's tribal territories stretched over roughly 3,800 square miles (9,800 km2) of territory, from Augustus Downs in the north to midway along the Leichardt River. Their southern extension lay around Mount Cuthbert. Their western limits ran to the eastern margin of the inland plateau. [1]

Norman Tindale Australian biologist

Norman Barnett Tindale AO was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.

Augustus Downs Station

Augustus Downs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Gulf Country of outback Queensland.

Leichhardt River river in Australia

The Leichhardt River is a river in north west Queensland, Australia.

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    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 180.

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