Malintji

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The Malintji were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

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Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation the Malintji are considered as having held a tribal territory of approximately 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). They were the eastern neighbours of the Maiawali, living along Vergemont Creek, as far south as the vicinity of Jundah. [1]

Social customs

The Malintji did not accept circumcision as part of their initiatory rites.

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 180.

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