The Ngamba are an
Australian Aboriginal
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...
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 from Port Macquarie and the vicinity of
Rollands Plains south to the
Manning River
Manning River (Birpai language, Biripi: ''Boolumbahtee''), an open and Breakwater (structure), trained mature wind wave, wave dominated estuary#Lagoon-type or bar-built, barrier estuary, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast ...
. 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
The Ngaku were an Aboriginal Australian tribe located around the Macleay River of New South Wales. They were a predominantly coastal people.
Although Ngako language, their language was not recorded, it was described as a dialect or accent of Dhang ...
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
* Ngambar
* Ngeunbah
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Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales