Uutaalnganu

The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji,[1] are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

[2][5] These groups, the Umpithamu/Koko Ompindamo, Pakadji, Yintyingka, Otati, Umpila and Pontunj[6] are the traditional owners and users of the coastal areas east of the Great Dividing Range of northeastern Cape York from Oxford Bay to Princess Charlotte Bay.

[7] The traditional Kawadji of Night Island were a small population and intermarried with clans of the mainland Barungguan.

[7] Narcisse Pelletier survived a shipwreck of a French merchantman Saint Paul in 1858, when he was abandoned by the crew.

[10][8] On 25 November 2021, 986 km2 (381 sq mi) of land on the eastern side of the Cape York Peninsula was handed back to the people, at the same time as 1,202 km2 (464 sq mi) was awarded to the Kuuku Ya'u peoples, in a native title claim that was lodged seven years prior.