Ngameni Explained

The Ngameni are an indigenous Australian people of South Australia who once spoke the Ngameni language.

Country

According to Norman Tindale's estimation, the Ngameni held 6000mi2 of tribal territory, along the southern edge of Goyder Lagoon, and on the Warburton River, and Lakes Howitt and Berlino. The northern reach extended to Pandipandi and, over the border into what is now southwest Queensland, the area south of Birdsville and Miranda.

Social organization and customs

Both circumcision and subincision were integral parts of Ngameni rites ofinitiation.

Alternative names

• Ngamini, Ngaminni, Gnameni, Ngnaminni
• A:mini, Aumini, Auminie, Aumine, Amini
• Ominee
• Ahminie, Ahminnie
• Uminnie
• Agaminni
• Awmani

Some words

• chookeroo. (kangaroo)
• kinthalla (tame/wild dog)
• appurree (father)
• andree. (mother)

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: Aboriginal South Australia . . .
• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . . .
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• Of the tribes, Dieyerie, Auminie, Yandrawontha,Yarawuarka, Pilladapa . Gason . Samuel . . 1895 . 24 . 167–176 . 2842215 .
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• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Ngameni (SA) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngameni.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .