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{{Short description|Australian Aboriginal people of Yarralin, NT}}
The '''Ngarinman''' were an [[indigenous Australian]] people of the [[Northern Territory]].
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==Counry==
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According to an estimate made by [[Norman Tindale]], the Ngarinman held some 4,000 sq. miles of territory. Their central domain was the [[Wickham River]], an early writer, W. Willshire, placing them to the west of that ephemeral watercourse.{{sfn|Willshire|1896|p=85}} Tindale adds that they inhabited the area of the [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Upper Victoria River]], about Jasper Creek, and to the west of the[[Victoria River Downs Station|Victoria River Downs]], and places their southern boundary at ''Munjun'' (Mount Sanford). Their western frontier lay at [[Limbunya]]. {{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=234}}
The '''Ngarinman''' or '''Ngarinyman''' people are an [[Aboriginal Australian]] people of the [[Northern Territory]] who spoke the [[Ngarinyman language]].

==Country==
According to an estimate made by [[Norman Tindale]], the Ngarinman held some {{convert|4,000|mi2|km2}} of territory. Their central domain was the [[Wickham River]], an early writer, W. Willshire, placing them to the west of that ephemeral watercourse.{{sfn|Willshire|1896|p=85}} Tindale adds that they inhabited the area of the [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Upper Victoria River]], about Jasper Creek, and to the west of the [[Victoria River Downs Station|Victoria River Downs]], and places their southern boundary at ''Munjun'' (Mount Sanford). Their western frontier lay at [[Limbunya]].{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=234}}

==Language==
An [[Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies]] (AIATSIS) project to counteract loss of Indigenous languages has helped produce a Ngarinyman to English Dictionary in 2019.<ref name="Ngarinyman to English Dictionary ">url=https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/ngarinyman-english-dictionary/</ref>


==Alternative names==
==Alternative names==
* ''Ngainman, Ngainmun.''
* ''Ngainman, Ngainmun.''
* ''Ngrainmun.''
* ''Ngrainmun.''
* ''Hainman.'' (local white [[exonym]])
* ''Hainman.'' (local white [[exonym]]){{sfn|Stanner|1936|p=442}}
* ''Hyneman.''{{sfn|Willshire|1896|p=85}}
* ''Hyneman.''{{sfn|Willshire|1896|p=85}}
* ''Narinman, Nariman.''{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=234}}
* ''Narinman, Nariman.''{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=234}}


==See also==
*[[Ngumpit]], a name used by the [[Gurindji people|Gurindji]], [[Malngin]], [[Bilinara]], [[Mudburra]] and Ngarinyman peoples to refer to themselves as a group
==Notes==
==Notes==
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===Citations===
===Citations===
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{{Reflist|20em}}

==Sources==
==Sources==
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*{{Cite book| title = Aboriginal Women: Sacred and Profane
| last = Kaberry | first = Phyllis M.
| author-link = Phyllis Kaberry
| year = 1939
| publisher = Blackiston | location = Philadelphia
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
*{{Cite book| title = Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia
| last = Spencer| first = Baldwin
| last = Spencer | first = Baldwin
| author-link = Baldwin Spencer
| author-link = Walter Baldwin Spencer
| year = 1914
| year = 1914
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]]
| publisher = [[Macmillan Publishers]] | location = London
| location = London
| url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924028623076/cu31924028623076.pdf
| url = https://archive.org/download/cu31924028623076/cu31924028623076.pdf
}}
| ref = harv
*{{Cite journal | title = A Note on Djamindjung Kinship and Totemism
}}
| last = Stanner | first = W. E. H.
*{{Cite book| chapter = Ngarinman (NT)
| author-link = W. E. H. Stanner
| journal = [[Oceania (journal)|Oceania]]
| volume = 6 | issue = 4 | pages = 441–451
| date = June 1936
| doi = 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1936.tb00204.x | jstor = 40327576
}}
*{{Cite book| chapter = Ngarinman (NT)
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| author-link = Norman Tindale
| author-link = Norman Tindale
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| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| publisher = [[Australian National University Press]]
| publisher = [[Australian National University Press]]
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngarinman.htm
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/ngarinman.htm
| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
}}
| ref = harv
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Land of the dawning
*{{Cite book| title = Land of the dawning
| last = Willshire | first = W. H.
| last = Willshire | first = W. H.
| year = 1896
| year = 1896
| publisher = W. J. Thomas & Co
| publisher = W. J. Thomas & Co | location = Adelaide
| url = http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1511877243837~232&locale=it_IT&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&preferred_usage_type=VIEW_MAIN&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
| location =[[Adelaide]]
}}
| url = http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1511877243837~232&locale=it_IT&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/action/singleViewer.do?&preferred_usage_type=VIEW_MAIN&DELIVERY_RULE_ID=10&frameId=1&usePid1=true&usePid2=true
| ref = harv
}}
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[[Category:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory]]

Revision as of 07:09, 4 May 2024

The Ngarinman or Ngarinyman people are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory who spoke the Ngarinyman language.

Country

According to an estimate made by Norman Tindale, the Ngarinman held some 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) of territory. Their central domain was the Wickham River, an early writer, W. Willshire, placing them to the west of that ephemeral watercourse.[1] Tindale adds that they inhabited the area of the Upper Victoria River, about Jasper Creek, and to the west of the Victoria River Downs, and places their southern boundary at Munjun (Mount Sanford). Their western frontier lay at Limbunya.[2]

Language

An Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) project to counteract loss of Indigenous languages has helped produce a Ngarinyman to English Dictionary in 2019.[3]

Alternative names

  • Ngainman, Ngainmun.
  • Ngrainmun.
  • Hainman. (local white exonym)[4]
  • Hyneman.[1]
  • Narinman, Nariman.[2]

See also

Notes

Citations

Sources

  • Kaberry, Phyllis M. (1939). Aboriginal Women: Sacred and Profane. Philadelphia: Blackiston.
  • Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers.
  • Stanner, W. E. H. (June 1936). "A Note on Djamindjung Kinship and Totemism". Oceania. 6 (4): 441–451. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1936.tb00204.x. JSTOR 40327576.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Ngarinman (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
  • Willshire, W. H. (1896). Land of the dawning. Adelaide: W. J. Thomas & Co.