The Ngormburr, also known as Murumburr
and other variants, are an
Aboriginal Australian
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...
people of the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
.
Country
The Ngormbur are thought to have had approximately of land located between the
West and South Alligator rivers, with an inland extension that ran as far as Bamboo Creek.
[
The area is now in Kakadu National Park, and the people are part of a group to whom native title was granted in March 2022.]
Language
Their language was or is the Ngormbur language
Ngomburr, also spelt Ngumbur, is a supposed extinct Australian Aboriginal language. It has sometimes been assumed to be a dialect of Umbugarla, but it is not attested; the only evidence to go on is that neighbouring peoples reported that it was ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Ngorm-bur.''
* ''Ngumbu.''
* ''Gnornbur.''
* ''Ngorbur.''
* ''Oormbur.''
* ''Corm-bur.''
* ''Koarnbut.''
* ''Ambukuda.''
* ''Ambugula.''
* ''Numbugala.''
* ''Nambuguja.''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory
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