Country
The Ngandi's lands, some in extent, encompassed the area around the upper Wilton River, Mainoru River. Their eastern boundary was close to the sources of the Rose River.Alternative names
* ''N'gundi'' * ''Ngalbon, Ngalgbun'' * ''Nandi''Notable people
The Australian ethnographerTim, the white man's name he liked to be called, had been for many years a carrier of trade parcels of unifacially flaked quartzite blades of ''leilira'' type, used as spearheads and knives, from the stone mines east of theKatherine River Katherine River is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. Its headwaters are in Nitmiluk National Park, it flows through the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Katherine, and is a major tributary of the Daly River (Northern Territory), ...in southern Arnhem Land. For half of his adult life he had traveled through much of easternArnhem Land Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territorial capital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compa ..., keeping south of the border of the spread of the rite of circumcision, singing and dreaming up new songs for ceremonies, and on occasion introducing new drone-pipe rhythms to the people of the several tribes among whom he was a welcome guest. These songs and his neatly wrapped trade parcels were his passport to visit distant tribes and to see places denied to most tribesmen.
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* {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory