THE YIRRGANNDI AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES LIVE IN DJABAGAY COUNTRY. THEIR TERRITORY RUNS NORTH FROM QUEENSLAND. THEY ARE REGARDED AS SEAFARERS AND THEY HAVE COMMON DESCENT FROM ANCESTORS WHO SPOKE YIRRGAY. THEY LIVE SOUTH TO THE CAIRNS TRINITY INLET AND THEIR LAND IS NORTH TO THE WEST. PART OF DOUGLAS DISTRICT. ACCORDING TO THEIR ELDERS YOU HAVE TO SING A SPECIAL SONG WHEN CROSSING SKELETON CREEK. IT IS A MEETING PLACE. THEY HAVE CEREMONIES THERE AND OTHER TRIBES MEET THERE.
THE YIRRGANDII PEOPLE LIVE IN UNITS OF YILA OR MARRIED COUPLES. THE PIPUNPAY ARE THEIR CHILDREN. THEY BUILD SHELTERS OF HUTS OF BARK. FIRES ARE USED FOR COOKING AND PREPARING MEDICINES AND CHASING AWAY MOSQUITOES. THEY ARE HUNTERS/GATHERERS AND THE WOMEN GATHER AND PREPARE THE PLANT FOODS. THE FIRES ARE MADE CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE OF THEIR SHELTERS. THEY MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITHIN THEIR COUNTRY. MEN HUNT AND FISH, WOMEN GATHER FOODS AND PREPARE THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN. THEY HAVE NO CROPS.
THEY CATCH FOOD FROM THE SEA AND THE RIVERS - INCLUDING FISH, EELS, TURTLE, AND OYSTERS. THEY HUNT WALLABIES, BANDICOOTS, SCRUB PYTHONS, LIZARDS, FLYING FOXES, CASSAWARIES AND OTHER BIRDS. THEY COLLECT FRUIT AND GATHER VEGETABLES - FIGS, PLUMS, NUTS AND BERRIES. THEY PREPARE TOXIC ITEMS FROM THE RAIN FOREST.
THEY BURN THE UNDERSTORY TO MANAGE THEIR LAND TO ENCOURAGE NEW GROWTH . THEY MANAGE FIRES DURING APRIL TO OCTOBER TO LOWER THE RISK OF A BRUSH FIRE.
ANNUALLY THEY MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS TO FIGHT, TRADE, FEAST, CELEBRATE AND MARRY. REGULAR TRADES EXCHANGE VARIOUS ITEMS THEY MAKE - SPEARS, SHELL NECKLACES, BIRD HEAD DRESSES, ETC.
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