Nguburinji

The Nguburinji, also written Ngoborindi,[1] were an Indigenous Australian people who traditionally lived in northwest Queensland south of the Ganggalida, north of the Injilarija, west of the Mingin and east of the Waanyi.[2]

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Nguburinji lands extended over 3, m100 sq. miles, taking in the southern headwaters of the Gregory River. They were also present at what is the world-heritage fossil site of Riversleigh, Gregory Downs, and Mount Margaret. Their northern boundaries reached up to Lawn Hill Creek and Punjaub.[1]

Social system

According to Lauriston Sharp, the Nguburinji social organization belonged to the Laierdila typology of the Australian system of kinship characterized by the Mara type of semi-moieties with a segmentary lineage,[3] and had eight sub-sections organized as unnamed patrilineal semi-moieties and moieties.[4]

History of contact

Over time, after the advent of European colonization, the Nguburinji shifted to the Wakabunga country around Morstone Downs.[1]

Alternative names
  • Ngoborundji, Ngoboringi
  • Oborindi, Oboroondi, Obor-indi[1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Tindale 1974, p. 183.
    2. Trigger 2015, p. 56.
    3. Sharp 1935, p. 160.
    4. Sharp 1935, p. 159.

    Sources
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    • Sharp, Lauriston (December 1935). "Semi-Moieties in North-Western Queensland". Oceania. 6 (2): 158–174. JSTOR 40327545.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Ngoborindi (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Trigger, David (2015). "Change and Succession in Aboriginal Claims to Land". In Toner, P.G. (ed.). Strings of Connectedness: Essays in honour of Ian Keen. Australian National University Press. pp. 53–73. ISBN 978-1-925-02263-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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