Ngameni
The Ngameni are an
Ngameni language
.
Country
According to Norman Tindale's estimation, the Ngameni held 6,000 square miles (16,000 km2) of tribal territory, along the southern edge of Goyder Lagoon, and on the Warburton River, and Lakes Howitt and Berlino. The northern reach extended to Pandipandi and, over the border into what is now southwest Queensland, the area south of Birdsville and Miranda.[1]
Social organization and customs
Both circumcision and
subincision
were integral parts of Ngameni rites of
initiation.[1]
Alternative names
- Ngamini, Ngaminni, Gnameni, Ngnaminni
- A:mini, Aumini, Auminie, Aumine, Amini
- Ominee[2]
- Ahminie, Ahminnie
- Uminnie
- Agaminni
- Awmani[1]
Some words
- chookeroo. (kangaroo)
- kinthalla (tame/wild dog)
- appurree (father)
- andree. (mother)[3]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 215.
- ^ Paull 1886, p. 18.
- ^ Paull 1886, p. 20.
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- Helms, Richard (1896). "Anthropology of the Elder Exploring Expedition. 1871-1872". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 16. Adelaide: 237–332.
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- Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia. Macmillan Publishers.
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