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Indigenous people of New South Wales
The Banbai are an
Indigenous Australian people of
New South Wales .
Language
Baanbai , which
R. H. Mathews had treated as a distinct language, appears on closer analysis, according to W. G. Hoddinott, to have been a dialect of
Gumbaiŋgar . if not indeed almost identical to the language spoken by that tribe.
Country
The Banbai were a
Northern Tablelands tribe whose lands are estimated by Norman Tindale to have covered some 2,300 square miles (6,000 km2 ), taking in
Ben Lomond ,
Glencoe , Marowan, Mount Mitchell, and Kookabookra. They were also present along the
Boyd River valley.
People
The Banbai appear to be closely related, as an inland people, to the coastal
Gumbaynggirr .
Alternative names
Source:
Tindale 1974 , p. 191
Some words
bodyerra (boy)
dillanggan (girl)
ginggēr (kangaroo)
wandyi (dog)
Source:
Hoddinott 1967 , p. 58
Notes
Citations
Sources
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doi :
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JSTOR
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MacPherson, J. (1904).
"Ngarrabul and other aboriginal tribes: distribution of tribes" .
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 29 : 677–684.
doi :
10.5962/bhl.part.20175 .
Mathews, R. H. (1903).
"Languages of the New England aborigines" .
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Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (1918). "Notes on the social organization of Australian tribes".
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute . 48 : 222–253.
Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (April 1930). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes".
Oceania . 1 (1): 34–63.
doi :
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JSTOR
40373034 .
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Oceania . 1 (2): 206–246.
doi :
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JSTOR
40327321 .
Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (October–December 1930). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes Part II (Continued)".
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doi :
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JSTOR
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Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. (January–March 1931). "The Social Organization of Australian Tribes: Part III".
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doi :
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JSTOR
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Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974).
"Banbai (NSW)" . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names .
Australian National University .
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