Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Welcome to Country

Bilan gudan njundu Yidin Yabanday, Yidi Nalan nudjun
Welcome to Yidinji Country, on behalf of the Yidinji Elders

Ndu Bilan Gudan njundu Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Bama Bulmba Yabanday: Yidi Nalan Nudjun
Hello and Welcome to The Yidinji Peoples homeland and Country belonging to Gimuy/Cairns on behalf of the Leaders and Senior Elders.

The Yidinji Nation is the largest existing tribes of the Cairns area. The Yidi Bama (people) speak Yidin/Yidiny. There are two dialects of Yidiny: the Coastal dialect and the Tableland dialect.

The Yidinji Yabanday (tribal land boundary) covered a large area from the Barron River in the north to the Russell River in the south, east to the Murray Prior Range and west to Tolga.

The Yidinji people have Eight Tribes who are direct Apical descendants of each tribal estate.

The Yidinji maintains it Sovereignty Nation connecting the Eight Tribes within their Ancestral Homelands and Country.

Gimuy-walubara Yidi
(pronounced ghee-moy-wah-lu-burra)

The Gimuy-walubara yidi are the traditional Landowners of the Cairns and surrounding district. Gimuy is the traditional place name for the area Cairns City now occupies.

The Gimuy Bama maintain many Storylines captured in Song, Dance, Art, Craft and verbal transfer of knowledge and wisdom.

Creator Stories, Legends, Heroes, Warriors are all captured toward maintaining Customary practice and Lore.

Gimuy being the Yidiny name of the slippery blue fig (ficus albipila) that grew in large numbers in this area.

Walu being the Yidiny name for side of the hill and bara meaning people belonging to.