TheNguburinji people, also writtenNgoborindi,Oborindi[1] and other variations, are anAboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands lie in northwestQueensland.
According toNorman Tindale, the Nguburinji lands extended over 3,100 square miles (8,000 km2) taking in the southernheadwaters of theGregory River. They were also present at what is theWorld Heritage fossil site ofRiversleigh,Gregory Downs, and Mount Margaret. Their northern boundaries reached up toLawn Hill Creek and Punjaub.[1]
Their land lay to the south of theYukulta / Ganggalidda, west of theMingin people, east of theWaanyi, and north of theInjilarija[2] (whose lands the Waanyi occupied around 1880, when the Injilarija became extinct[3][4] ).
According toLauriston Sharp, the Nguburinji social organisation belonged to theLaierdila typology of the Australiansystem of kinship characterised by theMara type ofsemi-moieties with asegmentary lineage,[5] and had eight sub-sections organised as unnamedpatrilineal semi-moieties and moieties.[6]
Over time, after the advent ofEuropean colonisation, the Nguburinji shifted to theWakabunga country aroundMorstone Downs.[1]
| Nguburinji | |
|---|---|
| Nguburindi | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Queensland |
| Ethnicity | Nguburinji |
| Era | attested 1897[7] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | ngub1238 |
| AIATSIS[7] | G19 |
Nguburinji (Ngubirindi) is regarded as a dialect of theYukulta (Ganggalida) language. It is in theTangkic language group.[7]
SourceTindale 1974, p. 183: