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The Ngamba were an
Australian Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
Language
The
Ngamba language is poorly described because little has been transmitted of its nature. It is generally believed to have been similar to
Gumbaynggirr .
Country
Ngamba territory comprised some 900 square miles (2,300 km2 ) from Port Macquarie and the vicinity of
Rollands Plains south to the
Manning River . The inland extension has not been ascertained.
People
A few remnants of the original tribe were attested as still living in 1929, when
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown described them as lingering on with descendants of the
Ngaku and
Daingatti . According to the reminiscences of Harry Buchanan, they had been
systematically and savagely exterminated by the
Australian native police .
Customs
The Ngamba exploited the mangrove species
Avicennia marina for its bark in order to fashion their military shields.
Alternative names
Notes
Citations
Sources
Duke, Norman C. (2006). Australia's Mangroves: The Authoritative Guide to Australia's Mangrove Parts . MER.
ISBN
978-0-646-46196-0 .
Eades, Diana (1979).
"Gumbayngirr" . In
Dixon, Robert M. W. ;
Blake, Barry J. (eds.). Handbook of Australian Languages . Vol. 1.
Cambridge University Press . pp. 243–360.
ISBN
978-0-708-10741-6 .
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 .
JSTOR
2843892 .
Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974).
"Ngamba (NSW)" . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names .
Australian National University Press .
ISBN
978-0-708-10741-6 .
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