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18. The Pennefather (Coen) River District^ ^ — Although this 

 account of the district-bhicks was gathered at Mapoon it was 

 given me by Pennefather River ( = Coen River on the old maps) 

 Aboriginals, the Nggeri-kudi, who speak Yopo-dimi (jopo:=lst. 

 personal pronoun). It would appear that there are probably not 

 lialf-a-dozen remnants left of the original Mapoon ])eople. The 

 following groups of natives are found in this ethnographical 

 district, the numbers in brackets referring to the sketcli map 

 (PI. xxxi.). The Nggerikudi (2) (Nggeri^sand-bank), whose home 

 is on the north side of the Pennefather Ri\ er ; they are the most 

 numerous of all the coastal people, and the majority of them are 

 no,w settled at Mapoon. The Gamiti (1) are on the north shore 

 of Port Musgrave, i.e., between the Ducie River and Seven 

 Rivers country. R^-kudi (3) occupy the south side of the 

 Pennefather River ; Taini-kudi (4) (taini = raangrove) the country 

 between Pennefather and Pine Rivers, speaking Anga-dimi 

 (anga=lst. pers. ])ron.) ; Denya-kudi (5) ((lenya:=bush) low down 

 on the south side of the Batavia River ; and Chong-anji, or 

 Mapoon natives, that portion of Port Mu.sgrave coast-line 

 terminating in Cullen Point. Other groups are the Laini-ngadi 

 (7) ; 0-amro-koro (8) who speak Te-ana-ngada (te-ana=lst. pers. 

 pron.) ; Cherakundi (9) ; Gautundi (10) ; and Winda-Winda (11) 

 who speak Marma-ngati (marma^lst. pers. pron.) ; the last three 

 groups, perhaps the last four now visit Wei pa Mission Station on 

 the Erabley River. Amongst the real inland or bush-blacks who 

 naturally do not mix with these coastal ones are the Ducie, 

 Bertiehaugh, and Moreton Tribes, who appaiently have no 

 names to specialise themselves by, and possess markedly different 

 vocabularies. 



Cullen Point is known as Tratha-m-ballayanyana (tratha=a 

 certain fish, the rest of the word signifying sheltering-under- 

 rocks), corrupted into Tullanaringa on the maps. Duyphen 

 Point is called Mo-o-dangana. The country drained by the 

 following livers is : — 



Ti - ^, ,,. ( rinffdaniino Mission River ar6-aneana 



Penuerather River ; , . ,. t? ui t>- j' 



I aru-indi Jlimbiey River aderama 



Pine River yi-parno 



1* These notes were originally compiled in 1899 during my first official 

 visit of inspection to the Mapoon and VVeipa Mission Stations, to the 

 various cattle runs in the hinterland, and to the Mein, Moreton, and 

 McDonnell otiicos on the Cape York Overland Telegraph line. 1 am 

 indebted to the Rev. N. Hey of Mapoon for niudi of this information. 



