Ngombal Explained

The Ngombal, also known as the Ngumbarl, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia.

Language

Adequate documentation of the Ngombal language is lacking, but the evidence suggests it was one of the Nyulnyulan languages, with William B. McGregor speculating that it may have belonged to the western branch.

Country

In Norman Tindale's estimation, the Ngombal's tribal lands covered some 1200mi2. They were a coastal people with an inland territorial reach of about 30 miles, located between the Djaberadjabera to their north, the Nimanburu to the east, the Yawuru to the southeast and the Djugun to their south.

Alternative names

• Ngormbal
• Ngombaru
• Ngumbarl

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Die Niol-Niol ein Eingeborenenstamm in Nordwest Australien . Bischofs . P. Jos . Anthropos . 1908 . 3 . 1 . 32–40 . 40442523 .
• Book: McGregor, William B. . The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia . William B. McGregor . 2013 . . 978-1-134-39602-3 .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Ngombal (WA) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngombal.htm. 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngombal.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .