The Ngandangara were 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 the state of
Queensland
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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 ther ...
's estimation, Ngandangara tribal lands extended over some . They were on the higher reaches of the ephemeral
upper Wilson River; . To the north they were at
Eromanga and approached the vicinity of
Thylungra
Thylungra Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Queensland.
Description
The property is situated approximately north west of Quilpie and south east of Windorah. Neighbouring properties include the Milo and Budge ...
and Ray. Their southern limits lay around
Nockatunga.
Social organization
The Ngandangara were one of the most easterly Australian groups to employ the tribal rites of circumcision.
Mythology
In 1928, P. D. Riddell, came across many Ngandangara, whom he identified as ''Unda Gnoora,'' further west at
Durham Downs. He had gone there from Broken Hill to examine and photograph a notable arrangement of stones, measuring 90 by 200 feet in the district. The site where the stones were assembled, some as high as 3 feet, and in a distinct set of circles, was known as ''Alabena,'' which, because had been used for cattle mustering, a practice which contributed to the deterioration of the ceremonial ground's structure. The Ngandangara were extremely reluctant to reveal information about the locality, though Riddell eventually managed to ascertain from one informant that the site marked the ground where the first aboriginal person 'jumped up'.
Alternative names
* ''Ngandangura.''
* ''Jarumarda.''(language name)
* ''Unda Gnoora.''
* ''Eromarra.''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland