The Kambure, more commonly known now as ''Gamberre'', were 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 Isl ...
people of the
Kimberley region of
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
Language
The Kambure spoke a dialect of
Wunambal
The Wunambal (Unambal), also known as Wunambal Gaambera, Uunguu (referring to their lands), and other names, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.
People
The Wunambal were, according to Norma ...
.
Country
Norman Tindal estimated Kambure lands to extend over some around the
Admiralty Gulf
Admiralty Gulf is a gulf in the Kimberley region of Western Australia that opens into the Indian Ocean.
Description
The Gulf is bounded by the Bougainville Peninsula to the north and Bigge Point to the south. The nearest populated place is K ...
, excluding the areas around the
Osborne Islands. Their eastern boundary lay abou
Monger Creekin
Napier Broome Bay. Their southern extension ran along the south rim of the
King Edward River.
History of contact
An area of Kambure territory had a sacred value for them in their
dreaming, yet was thought to require patrolling by the Australian Army. The compromise worked out was to enroll several Kambure boys as army scouts, who, knowing the lay of the ground, could assist the special patrols in carrying out their coastal surveillance.
People
The Kambure were a coastal people, who subsisted on marine products. One Kambure
horde lived on
Sir Graham Moore Island.
Alternative names
* ''Kambera.''
* ''Kamberange.''
* ''Kanbre, Gambre.''
* ''Barurungari.'' ('upland'/plateau people').
* ''Kambumiri.''
* ''Purungari.'' (a
Worrorra
The Worrorra, also written Worora, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley area of north-western Australia.
The term is sometimes used to describe speakers of the (Western) Worrorra language, and sometimes groups whose traditiona ...
exonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, ...
meaning 'coast people').
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Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia