Ngambaa
The Ngamba were an Australian Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
Language
The
Gumbaynggirr.[1]
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.[2]
People
A few remnants of the original tribe were attested as still living in 1929, when
systematically and savagely exterminated by the Australian native police.[4]
Customs
The Ngamba exploited the mangrove species Avicennia marina for its bark in order to fashion their military shields.[5]
Alternative names
- Ngambar
- Ngeunbah[2]
Notes
Citations
- ^ Eades 1979, pp. 249, 251.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974.
- ^ Radcliffe-Brown 1929, pp. 400, 407.
- ^ Eades 1979, p. 251.
- ^ Duke 2006, p. 22.
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 ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- JSTOR 2843892.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.