Yilba

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Yilba were assigned a tribal domain extending over approximately {{convert|7,400|mi2|km2|order=flip}}, from the area of Cape River westwards as far as the Great Dividing Range. Their northern boundaries lay roughly about Pentland Hills and Seventy Mile Range. Their eastern extension was around the Suttor River, while their southern limits were at Lake Buchanan. The Yilba were indigenous to places like on Campaspe River; and the Natal Downs.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}{{AIATSIS|E55|Yilba }}

{{main|Yilba language}}

The Yilba language (and variant names as per the people) is extinct {{as of|lc=yes|2020}}, with no speakers recorded since before 1975. It is regarded as a dialect of Biri.

The Yilba were composed of kin groups of which six at least are known:{{sfn|Tompson|Chatfield|1886}}

• Yukkaburra
• Wokkulburra (eel people)
• Pegulloburra
• Mungooburra
• Mungullaburra (spinifex people)
• Goondoolooburra (emu people)

While stating that there are six "hordes", Tindale gave the names of only three, two of which differ from the list in one of his primary sources on the six, namely:

• Moothaburra
• Mungera{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}

He also adds a possible fourth group:

• Muqkibara{{efn|This attribution is contested, with some informants claiming that the Muqkibara were a branch of the Mian.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}}}

• Yukkaburra, Yuckaburra
• Munkeeburra
• Moothaburra (horde name)
• Mungera, Mungerra (horde name)
• Eneby (language name){{efn|Tindale suggests the possibility that this may be a misreading by E. M. Curr of the word Elleby.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}}}
• Pagulloburra,{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}} Pegulloburra (horde name)

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• {{Cite web| title = AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia

| date = 14 May 2024

| publisher = AIATSIS

| url = https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia

| ref = {{harvid|AIATSIS}}

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| year = 1886

| title = The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent

| editor-last = Curr | editor-first = Edward Micklethwaite | editor-link = Edward Micklethwaite Curr

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| publisher = J. Ferres | location = Melbourne

| chapter-url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf

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| year = 1897

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| format = PDF

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• {{Cite book| title = Gugu-Badshun and its neighbours: A Linguistic Salvage Study

| last = Sutton | first = Peter

| author-link = Peter Sutton (anthropologist)

| publisher = Macquarie University M. A. honours thesis

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| date = November 1973

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• {{Cite book| title = Languages of Cape York: papers presented to the linguistic symposium, part B, held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Biennial General Meeting, May, 1974

| last = Sutton | first = Peter

| author-link = Peter Sutton (anthropologist)

| year = 1975

| editor-last = Sutton | editor-first = Peter

| publisher = Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies

| pages = 116–120

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• {{Cite book| chapter = Ilba (QLD)

| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett

| author-link = Norman Tindale

| year = 1974

| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names

| publisher = Australian National University

| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ilba.htm

| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6

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| last1 = Tompson | first1 = F.M.

| last2 = Chatfield | first2 = W.

| year = 1886

| title = The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent

| editor-last = Curr | editor-first = Edward Micklethwaite | editor-link = Edward Micklethwaite Curr

| volume = 2 | pages = 468–483

| publisher = J. Ferres | location = Melbourne

| chapter-url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf

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