The Banbai 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 ...
people of
New South Wales
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Language
Baanbai, which
R. H. Mathews had treated as a distinct language, appears on closer analysis, according to W. G. Hoddinott, to have been a dialect of
Gumbaiŋgar. if not indeed almost identical to the language spoken by that tribe.
Country
The Banbai were a
Northern Tablelands
The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England regio ...
tribe whose lands are estimated by Norman Tindale to have covered some , taking in
Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laomainn, 'Beacon Mountain'), , is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros. Ben Lomond lies within the Ben Lomond National Me ...
,
Glencoe, Marowan, Mount Mitchell, and Kookabookra. They were also present along the
Boyd River valley.
People
The Banbai appear to be closely related, as an inland people, to the coastal
Gumbaynggirr
The Gumbaynggirr people, also rendered Kumbainggar, Gumbangeri and other variant spellings, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Gumbathagang was a probable clan or sub-group. The traditional lands of th ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Ahnbi''
* ''Bahnbi''
* ''Dandi''
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Some words
* ''bodyerra'' (boy)
* ''dillanggan'' (girl)
* ''ginggēr'' (kangaroo)
* ''wandyi.'' (dog)
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Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales