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{{short description|Aboriginal Australian people}}
{{use Australian English|date=March 2021}}
{{use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
The '''Yilba''', also written '''Ilba''' and '''Jilba''', are or were an [[Aboriginal Australian]] people of the present-day state of [[Queensland]].
==Country==
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 (Queensland)|Cape River]] westwards as far as the [[Great Dividing Range]]. Their northern boundaries lay roughly about [[Pentland, Queensland|Pentland Hills]] and [[Seventy Mile, Queensland|Seventy Mile Range]]. Their eastern extension was around the [[Suttor River]], while their southern limits were at [[Lake Buchanan (Queensland)|Lake Buchanan]]. The Yilba were indigenous to places like on [[Campaspe River (Queensland)|Campaspe River]]; and the [[Natal Downs]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}<ref name=aiatsis>{{AIATSIS|E55|Yilba }}</ref>
==Language==
{{main|Yilba language}}
The [[Yilba language]] (and variant names as per the people) is [[language extinction|extinct]] {{as of|lc=yes|2020}}, with no speakers recorded since before 1975. It is regarded as a [[dialect]] of [[Biri language|Biri]].<ref name=aiatsis/>
==Social organisation==
The Yilba were composed of [[Band society|kin groups]] of which six at least are known:{{sfn|Tompson|Chatfield|1886}}<ref name=aiatsis/>
* ''Yukkaburra''
* ''Wokkulburra'' (eel people)
* ''Pegulloburra''
* ''Mungooburra''
* ''Mungullaburra'' ([[spinifex people|spinifex]] people)
* ''Goondoolooburra'' ([[emu]] people)
While stating that there are six [[band society|"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 tribe|Mian]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}}}
==Alternative names==
* ''Yukkaburra, Yuckaburra''
* ''Munkeeburra''
* ''Moothaburra'' (horde name<ref name=aiatsis/>)
* ''Mungera, Mungerra'' (horde name<ref name=aiatsis/>)
* ''Eneby'' (language name){{efn|Tindale suggests the possibility that this may be a misreading by [[Edward Micklethwaite Curr|E. M. Curr]] of the word ''Elleby''.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}}}}
* ''Pagulloburra'',{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=168}} ''Pegulloburra'' (horde name)<ref name=aiatsis/>
==Notes==
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===Citations===
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==Sources==
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*{{Cite web| title = AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia
| date = 14 May 2024
| publisher = [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|AIATSIS]]
| url = https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia
| ref = {{harvid|AIATSIS}}
}}
*{{Cite book| chapter = The Watershed and Upper Portion of the Cape River
| last = Armstrong | first = M.
| 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 = 464–467
| publisher = J. Ferres | location = Melbourne
| chapter-url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924026093827/cu31924026093827.pdf
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines
| last = Roth | first = W. E.
| author-link = Walter Roth
| year = 1897
| publisher = Edmund Gregory, Government Printer | location = Brisbane
| url = https://archive.org/details/cu31924029890328
| format = PDF
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Gugu-Badshun and its neighbours: A Linguistic Salvage Study
| last = Sutton | first = Peter
| author-link = Peter Sutton (anthropologist)
| publisher = [[Macquarie University|Macquarie University M. A. honours thesis]]
| url = https://www.arts.kuleuven.be/ling/func/cyp/sutton/1973gugubadhun.pdf
| date = November 1973
}}
*{{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
}}
*{{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
}}
*{{Cite book| chapter = Natal Downs Station, Cape River
| 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
}}
{{refend}}
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[[Category:Aboriginal peoples of Queensland]]