Ngambaa
TheNgambawere anAustralian Aboriginalpeople of New South Wales.
Language
[edit]TheNgamba languageis poorly described because little has been transmitted of its nature. It is generally believed to have been similar toGumbaynggirr.[1]
Country
[edit]Ngamba territory comprised some 900 square miles (2,300 km2) from Port Macquarie and the vicinity ofRollands Plainssouth to theManning River.The inland extension has not been ascertained.[2]
People
[edit]A few remnants of the original tribe were attested as still living in 1929, whenA.R. Radcliffe-Browndescribed them as lingering on with descendants of theNgakuandDaingatti.[3]According to the reminiscences of Harry Buchanan, they had beensystematically and savagely exterminatedby theAustralian native police.[4]
Customs
[edit]The Ngamba exploited the mangrove speciesAvicennia marinafor its bark in order to fashion their military shields.[5]
Alternative names
[edit]- Ngambar
- Ngeunbah[2]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^Eades 1979,pp. 249, 251.
- ^abTindale 1974.
- ^Radcliffe-Brown 1929,pp. 400, 407.
- ^Eades 1979,p. 251.
- ^Duke 2006,p. 22.
Sources
[edit]- Duke, Norman C. (2006).Australia's Mangroves: The Authoritative Guide to Australia's Mangrove Parts.MER.ISBN978-0-646-46196-0.
- Eades, Diana (1979)."Gumbayngirr".InDixon, Robert M. W.;Blake, Barry J.(eds.).Handbook of Australian Languages.Vol. 1.Cambridge University Press.pp. 243–360.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.
- Radcliffe-Brown, A. R.(July–December 1929). "Notes on Totemism in Eastern Australia".The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.59:399–415.doi:10.2307/2843892.JSTOR2843892.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett(1974)."Ngamba (NSW)".Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.Australian National University Press.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.