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The Yidiny (also spelt Yidindj , Yidinji or Yidiñ ), are an Aboriginal Australian people in Far North Queensland . Their language is the Yidiny language .

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16-417: Yidiny , Yidin , Yidinj , or Yidiñ , may refer to: Yidiny people , an Australian ethnic group Yidiny language , an Australian language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Yidiny . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

32-553: A more viable political unit, in the shape of a macro-tribe, but the merger failed to take hold, given the notable linguistic differences between groups. In 2014, 40 members of the Yidiny people, led by Murrumu Walubara Yidindji (formerly Jeremy Geia) renounced legal ties with Australia to form the Sovereign Yidindji Government , claiming sovereignty over the lands from south of Port Douglas to Cairns and

48-426: A shot was fired from one side into the camp to make them scatter, and then as they rushed into the ambushing forces elsewhere, were shot down. The native police then stabbed or smashed the brains of the children. One group of the Yidiny, broke off from the rest of the tribe in the early period of settlement, and after shifting to the area of the present-day Redlynch asserted a distinctive identity by calling themselves

64-640: Is exercised by the Supreme Court of Queensland and a system of subordinate courts, but the High Court of Australia and other federal courts have overriding jurisdiction on matters which fall under the ambit of the Australian Constitution. On 27 October 2024, Crisafulli announced that he and Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie would be sworn in as an interim two-person cabinet, however which portfolios will be assigned to each of them

80-703: Is exercised de facto by the state cabinet. The Governor, as representative of the Crown, is the formal repository of power, which is exercised by him or her on the advice of the Premier of Queensland and the Cabinet. The Premier and Ministers are appointed by the Governor, and hold office by virtue of their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the Legislative Assembly. Judicial power

96-418: Is unknown. Crisafulli and Bleijie were formally sworn in by Governor Jeanette Young on 28 October. On 1 November 2024, the full ministry was formally sworn in, as follows: The Queensland Government delivers services, determines policy and regulations, including legal interpretation, by a number of agencies grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility. Each portfolio is led by a government minister who

112-498: The Atherton Tablelands . The Yidiny were composed of several Clans , with Norman Tindale (1974) reporting five: Newer sources list eight: Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland , Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy . Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the state Legislative Assembly , with

128-527: The Westminster system and Australia's federal system of government . Executive acts are given legal force through the actions of the governor of Queensland (the representative of the monarch , Charles III ), although the governor in practice performs only ceremonial duties, with de facto executive power lying with the Cabinet . The Cabinet is the government's chief policy-making organ which consists of

144-789: The Westminster system , a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legislative power rests with the Parliament of Queensland , which consists of the King , represented by the Governor of Queensland , and the one house, the Legislative Assembly of Queensland . De jure executive power rests formally with the Executive Council , which consists of the Governor and senior minister, but

160-476: The premier and all ministers . Each minister is responsible for exercising policy and legislation through the respective state government department . The headquarters for each government department are located in the capital city of Brisbane , with most government departments based at 1 William Street , a purpose-built skyscraper in Brisbane CBD . Queensland is governed according to the principles of

176-562: The tropical rainforest areas from Cairns to Ingham , and the Atherton Tableland were cleared off their land to enable the establishment of cattle stations and sugar cane plantations. Jack Kane participated in some massacres as a youth and recalled, in 1938 one episode alone in 1884, during a week-long campaign to round up the tribes, Queensland police and native troopers, encircled a Yidiny camp at what became known as Skull Pocket, several miles north of Yungaburra . At dawn,

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192-603: The Djumbandji. This segment took over a part of Buluwai territory. Starting around 1910, even those who remained in the area of white settlement were the object of a Queensland Government policy of shifting them into the Anglican mission at Yarrabah on the Cape Grafton peninsula . As each tribe was weakened by dispersal and fragmentation, the elders formed a counter-plan in the 1920s to organise themselves into

208-667: The areas of Deeral north to Gordonvale and Cairns . Their inland extension ran as far as Lake Barrine . Their eastern boundary was on the crest of the Prior Range. Today, there are four traditional owner groups representing the peoples of the Cairns region. One of these groups represents the Yidinji clans, and comprises Gimuy Walubara Yidinji, Dulabed Malanbarra and Yidinji, Mandingalbay Yidinji and Wadjanbarra Tableland Yidinji. The Yidiny, along with many other tribal people in

224-475: The governor officially appointmenting office-holders. The first government of Queensland was formed in 1859 when Queensland separated from New South Wales under the state constitution . Since federation in 1901, Queensland has been a state of Australia , with the Constitution of Australia regulating its relationship with the federal government . Queensland's system of government is influenced by

240-566: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yidiny&oldid=949468042 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Yidiny people The last fluent speakers of Yidiny were Tilly Fuller (d. October 1974), George Davis (b.1919), Dick Moses (b.1898) and his sister Ida Burnett of White Rock . A substantial part of

256-527: The language has been analysed and recorded by Robert M. W. Dixon . The Yidiny lands were in lowland rainforest areas, stretching from Yarrabah down to the south, where their borders met those of the Ngajanji and the Mamu . To their north were the coastal Djabugay people. In Norman Tindale 's calculation, the Yidiny tribal lands were estimated to cover some 400 square miles (1,000 km ). These included

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