Ngurawola

The Ngurawola were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Ngurawola's tribal lands covered some 4,400 square miles (11,000 km²), centered around Arrabury and the Durham Downs. Their southern boundaries lay around Lake Marrakoonamooka, while their western limits were near the Coongie Lakes.^[1]

Alternative name

Ngandanina (?)^[a]

Notes

^ The linguist Gavan Breen recorded this word durting field work at Arrabury, but it is not known whether it is a variant Ngurawola ethnonym or a word denoting the language they spoke.^[1]

Citations

^ ^a ^b Tindale 1974, p. 183.

Sources

Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Ngurawola (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.

[2] The linguist Gavan Breen recorded this word durting field work at Arrabury, but it is not known whether it is a variant Ngurawola ethnonym or a word denoting the language they spoke.^[1]

[FOOTNOTETindale1974183-1] Tindale 1974, p. 183.

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