Luthigh (also known as
Lotiga,
Tepiti and
Uradhi, see also
Uradhi related languages) is an
Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Luthigh people. The traditional language area for Luthigh includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the
Cook Shire: Eastern
Cape York,
Ducie River,
Northern Peninsula,
New Mapoon, Injinoo, and
Cowal Creek.
Uradhi (also known as
Anggamudi,
Ankamuti,
Atampaya,
Bawtjathi, and
Lotiga) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the
Western Cape York Peninsula. The traditional language region includes north of
Mapoon and
Duyfken Point and east of the coast strip to the north of Port Musgrave (Angkamuthi country) incorporating the mouth of the
Ducie River, the lower reaches of the Dulhunty River and the upper reaches of the Skardon River in the north. Following the displacement of Indigenous people by British settlement, it was also spoken in the
Northern Peninsula Area Region including the communities of
New Mapoon, Injinoo and
Cowal Creek. Injinoo Aboriginal Community was an Aboriginal settlement and later Anglican
mission established on
Cape York by a community led by a
Wuthathi man,
Allelic Whitesand. Although self-sufficient, through fishing and gardening, the Community made requests to the then
Church of England to establish a mission and
school.
Queensland government officials allowed the community to function through an elected Council. After the
Second World War, which saw a considerable military presence in the area, many
Torres Strait Islanders began moving into Injinoo. Settlements were subsequently built at
Bamaga,
New Mapoon and
Umagico to relocate evicted people from this and other areas of the Cape. In 1948 a reserve was created, with control of the area having been taken over by the
Queensland Department of Native Affairs. The official name of the community was changed from Cowal Creek to Injinoo on 2 September 1989. == Demographics ==