The Ngurawola were an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Country edit
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 edit
- Ngandanina (?)[a]
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 183.
Sources edit
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Ngurawola (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.