The Ewamin or ''Agwamin'' are an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples o ...
people of the state of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
.
Language
Their language, now extinct, was formerly thought to be interchangeable with
Wamin
Wamin () is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in France of France. It lies 5 km north of Hesdin
Hesdin (; vls, Heusdin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Ge ...
.
Peter Sutton's fieldwork in the early 1970s enabled him to draw up word-lists from two languages, respectively Wamin and Agwamin which revealed that they were separate dialects. There was only one speaker of the language alive in 1981.
Country
In
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ...
's estimation the Ewamin had approximately of tribal land, centering on the headwaters of the
Einasleigh and Copperfield rivers. Their northern limits reached as far as
Georgetown Georgetown or George Town may refer to:
Places
Africa
*George, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown
* Janjanbureh, Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown
*Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Isl ...
,
Mount Surprise, and Lancewood. Their eastern boundaries lay up around the
Great Dividing Range, while their western reaches touched the headwaters of the
Percy River. They were present at the contemporary sites oft Oak Park, Einasleigh, Queensland Einasleigh and
Forsayth
Forsayth is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia. In the , Forsayth had a population of 129 people.
Geography
Forsayth is in Far North Queensland approximately by road from Cairns.
The town is the termin ...
.
The
Mbabaram lay directly north of the Ewamin. In clockwise direction, their eastern neighbours where the
Warungu, and the
Gugu-Badhun
The Gugu Badhun are an Aboriginal nation whose country is located in the Upper Burdekin region of northern Queensland. Gugu Badhun country is approximately 220 km northwest of Townsville and includes the small township of Greenvale as wel ...
, and, south-east, the
Gudjal. On their southern flank were the
Alternative names
* ''Wimanja.''
* ''Agwamin.''
* ''Egwamin.''
* ''Gwamin.''
* ''Ak Waumin.''
* ''Wamin.''
* ''Wommin, Waumin, Wawmin.''
* ''Walamin.''
* ''Wommin.''
* ''Walming.''
* ''Wailoolo.''
Some words
* ''twa'' (dog)
Notes
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland