Ngarabal (NSW)

Archive Collections / Language Groups / Ngarabal (NSW)

Location: West of a line from near Tenterfield to Glen Innes; on Beardy River. Closely related to the Jukambal of which they may be a western series of hordes. Both MacPherson and Radcliffe-Brown accept the Ngarabal as a separate tribe.

Co-ordinates: 151°35'E x 29°30'S

Area: 1,000 sq. m. (2,600 sq. km.)

References: Gardner, 1854 MS; MacPherson, 1902, 1904, 1939; Radcliffe-Brown, 1930; Tindale, 1940; R. B. Walker, 1964 MS.

Alternative Names: Ngarabul, Ngarrabul, Narbul, Marbul (presumed to be mishearing or typographical error).

Inventory Listings

Item AA 338/18/38 - Armidale (3357)

Item AA 338/18/39 - Sydney (3456)