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The Kambuwal were an
indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
people of the state of
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Norman Tindale Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. He is best remembered for his work mapping the various tribal groupings of Aboriginal Australians ...
estimated that the Kambuwal's territory stretched over some . They straddled the border between Queensland and New South Wales, from south of
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to Bonshaw. Their eastern flank ended around
Stanthorpe Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Stanthorpe had a population of 5,286 people. The area surrounding the town is known as the Granite Belt. Geography Stant ...
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and the western scarp of the
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Alternative names

* ''Gambuwal'' * ''Gambabal'' * ''Gambubal'' * ''Kaoambul'' * ''Cambooble''


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* * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of Queensland