title: Mbewum
text: # Mbewum
  
  The Mbewum were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland. They were dispossessed and became extinct soon after colonization.
  
  ## Language
  
  The Mbewum spoke Mbiywom, a northern Paman language
  
  ## Country
  
  The Mbewum had an estimated 600 square miles (1,600 $km^2)$ of tribal domain territory on the Upper Watson River, which included Merluna in the area 120 miles south-east of Weipa. Their land, together with that of the Totj was incorporated into a state-run enterprise, the Queensland State Pastoral Station of that name, which by 1916 was running over 12,000 head of cattle.
  
  ## Social organization
  
  They had four kinship divisions like other tribes in the area, according to R. H. Mathews.
  
  ## Alternative names
  
  * KokMbewan
  * Mbe:wum, Mbeiwum, M-Berwum
  * Bywoom
  * Kokinno
  * Kokimoh
  