The Mitaka (alternatively Mithaka) are an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland. [1]
In Norman Tindale's calculations, the Mitaka, a Channel Country people around Lake Machattie, are assigned a tribal domain of some 4,800 square miles (12,000 km2) from Durrie in the south northwards as far as Glengyle. Their eastern limits ran close to Monkira, while the western frontier was at Kalidawarry. [2]
In 2015, the Federal Court of Australia awarded native title to the Mithaka traditional owners, involving an area of over 55,425 square kilometres in south-west Queensland. [3]
in 2025, the Mithaka cultural landscape, spanning 33,000 sq km, was added to the National Heritage List. The area includes one of the oldest quarries in the world made by a non-agricultural society, as well as the two oldest intact houses in Australia. [4]