Kambuwal

See also: Kambuwal language

The Kambuwal were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated that the Kambuwal's territory stretched over some 3,700 square miles (9,600 km²). They straddled the border between Queensland and New South Wales, from south of Millmerran, and Inglewood to Bonshaw.^[1] Their eastern flank ended around Stanthorpe, Wallangarra and the western scarp of the Great Dividing Range.^[1]

Alternative names

• Gambuwal.
• Gambabal.
• Gambubal.
• Kaoambul.^[2]
• Cambooble.^[3]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 173.
2. MacPherson 1904, p. 680.
3. Tindale 1974, p. 174.

Sources

• Barlow, Harriott (1873). "Vocabulary of aboriginal dialects of Queensland". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 (2): 165–175. doi:10.2307/2841159. JSTOR 2841159.
• 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.
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Kambuwal (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press.