Ngomburr Explained

The Ngormburr, also known as Murumburr^[1] and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of 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.^[2]

Language

Their language was or is the Ngormbur language.

Alternative names

• Ngorm-bur
• Ngumbu
• Gnornbur
• Ngorbur
• Oormbur
• Corm-bur
• Koarnbut
• Ambukuda
• Ambugula
• Numbugala
• Nambuguja

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Book: Spencer, Baldwin . Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia . Walter Baldwin Spencer . 1914 . . London .
• Book: Spencer, Baldwin . Wanderings in wild Australia . Walter Baldwin Spencer . 1928 . . London . PDF .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Ngormbur (NT) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngormbur.htm .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Garde . Murray . Murumburr . Bininj Kunwok Dictionary . Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre . 17 October 2022.
2. Web site: Gibson . Jano . Nearly half of Kakadu National Park to be handed back to Aboriginal traditional owners . ABC News. . 24 March 2022 . 30 March 2022.