Tindale Tribes - Ngameni

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Ngameni (SA)


Location	South side of Goyder Lagoon; on the Warburton River and Lakes Howitt and Berlino; north to Pandipandi and the southern vicinity of Birdsville and Miranda. They practiced both circumcision and subincision as rites of initiation. Several writers have not heard the initial [?] sound; a few aborigines of this tribe also drop it.
Co-ordinates	139°5'E x 26°50'S
Area	6,000 sq. m. (15,600 sq. km)
References	Gason, 1874, 1895; Paull in Curr, 1886; Howitt, 1891, 1904; Helms, 1896; Mathews, 1900 (Gr. 6526, 6448); Howitt and Siebert, 1904; Eylmann, 1908; Strehlow, 1910; Reuther, 1914 MS (in So. Aust. museum); Basedow, 1925; Elkin, 1931; Tindale in C. Fenner, 1936; Tindale, 1940, 1963 and MS.
Alternative Names	Ngamini, Ngaminni, Gnameni, Ngnaminni, A:mini, Aurnini (of northern tribes and casual variant), Auminie, Aumine, Amini, Ominee, Ahminie, Ahminnie, Uminnie, Agaminni, Awmani.
This information is reproduced from NB Tindale's Aboriginal Tribes of Australia (1974). Please be aware that much of the data relating to Aboriginal language group distribution and definition has undergone revision since 1974. Please note also that this catalogue represents Tindale's attempt to depict Aboriginal tribal distribution at the time of European contact.

Collection AA207 F X Martin
Series AA207/1 - 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe' 'Notes and Vocabulary of the Dieri Tribe' Identifier AA 207/1 Date December 1933, dated by NB Tindale Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 1 original typescript and 1 retyped copy Series AA207/2 - Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region Correspondence relating to Australian Aboriginal people in the Cooper Creek region Identifier AA 207/2/1-2 Date 1933 - 1935 Quantity 0.5 cm, 2 letters
Collection AA266 Rev. Johann Georg Reuther
Series AA266/05 - Correspondence, reports and notes relating to the editing, translation and publication of the Reuther manuscript Letter from Walter in Dieri Identifier AA 266/5/3/1-2 Date 1929 Quantity 0.1 cm, 2 17.1cm x 10.9cm pages 'Standard spellings for Reuther Tribes' Identifier AA 266/5/7 Date May 1935 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 21.6cm x 34.3cm foolscap page Series AA266/08 - Translation of Volumes I-IX and XII-XIII of Reuther's manuscript by Ernerst Theodore Vogelsang 1929-1936 English translation of the place names, volume 7 Identifier AA 266/8/12 Quantity 5.9 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume English translation of the place names, volume 7 Identifier AA 266/8/13 Quantity 5.9 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume English translation of the place names, volume 7 Identifier AA 266/8/14 Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume English translation of the place names, volume 7 Identifier AA 266/8/15 Quantity 6.7 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume English translation of the place names, volumes 7 and 'meaning and origin of the names of Central Australian Natives etc', volume 8 Identifier AA 266/8/16 Quantity 9.2 cm, 1 29.7cm x 23.0cm volume Series AA266/12 - Genealogy and Social Organisation List of kinship terms by Tindale Identifier AA 266/12/5/1-2 Date August 1934 - 15 March 1935 Quantity 0.1 cm, 2 34.0cm x 43.0cm sheets Series AA266/18 - 'Map of Region east of Lake Eyre' by Reuther and Harry Hillier 1904 'Map of Region east of Lake Eyre' by Reuther and Hillier 1904 compiled from prints Identifier AA 266/18/2 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map Series AA266/25 - Translation of Volumes I to XIII of Reuther's Manuscript by Philipp Scherer 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIA) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' Identifier AA 266/25/10/1-144 Date 1976 Quantity 3.5 cm, 144 A4 pages 'AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL PLACE-NAMES by REV. J.G. REUTHER (Vol. VIIB) Translated by Rev. P.A. Scherer' & 'ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF THE PLACE-NAMES Arranged by the Translator' Identifier AA 266/25/11/1-399 Date 1978 Quantity 4 cm, 399 A4 pages Series AA266/26 - 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District. By the Revd J.G. Reuther' Handwritten translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther Identifier AA 266/26/1-16 Quantity 0.3 cm, 16 foolscap pages Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther Identifier AA 266/26/2/1-10 Quantity 0.3 cm, 10 A4 pages Typescript translation of 'A brief sketch of the Religion of the Australian Aboriginals, notably the Diari tribe. East of Lake Eyre District' by Reuther Identifier AA 266/26/3/1-10 Quantity 0.3 cm, 10 A4 pages Series AA266/29 - Map of Reuther's language groups and pastoral plan of Kopperamanna, South Australia Map of Reuther's language groups in South Australia and part Northern Territory annotated with Tindale 'Tribes' Identifier AA 266/29/1 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map 54.5cm x 62.5cm Series AA266/31 - Comparative vocabulary of Reuther's Dictionary listed by Tindale's Tribes Reuthers vocabulary listed by language groups Identifier AA 266/31/1-2 Quantity 3 cm, 200 foolscap pages
Collection AA338 Dr Norman Barnett Tindale
Series AA338/01 - Bound volumes of expedition and office journals, notes and compilations 'Journal of the Anthropological Expedition to the Diamantina, North-East of South Australia. August 1934'. Identifier AA 338/1/12 Date 8 August 1934 - c. 23 August 1934, 25 July 1934 - 19 February 1936 (with gaps), 30 August 1939, 23 April 1940, 1970s annotations Quantity 2 cm, 1 Hardcover exercise book, 20.7x25.8 cm, 242 pages, 6 inserts, 1 loose item [2?] 'Journal of the Anthropological Expedition to the Diamantina, North-East of South Australia. August 1934'. Identifier AA 338/1/12 Date 8 August 1934 - c. 23 August 1934, 25 July 1934 - 19 February 1936 (with gaps), 30 August 1939, 23 April 1940, 1970s annotations Quantity 2 cm, 1 Hardcover exercise book, 20.7x25.8 cm, 242 pages, 6 inserts, 1 loose item [2?] 'Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936'. Identifier AA 338/1/29 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.5 cm, 1 red hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm Series AA338/04 - Copies of journals Copy of Research data on aboriginal tribes in Australia gathered by Norman B. Tindale. Chiefly from South, West and Central Australia. Period 1924 to 1936. Identifier AA 338/4/45/1-65 Date 24 August 1895 - 7 February 1934, 24 August 1895, 20 January 1916, c1920, July 1925, 1926-1928, 1931, 4 May 1932, 7 February 1934 Quantity 1.9 cm, 1 green hardcover exercise book, 21.7x28.1 cm Series AA338/07 - Index cards relating to language research 'Reuther Localities, Bibliog. Muramura' Identifier AA 338/7/2/56 Date c. 1928 - c. 1934 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 31.8 cm of cards Reuther Loc. M-Z Identifier AA 338/7/2/57 Date c. 1934 Quantity 15.4 cm, 1 metal filing drawer, approx. 33 cm of cards Series AA338/11 - Speech and sound recordings Diamantina (SA) 1934 Identifier AA 338/11/10/Tracks 1-14 Date 1934 Quantity 14 wax cylinders, 1 access CD Series AA338/12 - Documentation for speech and sound recordings Song records (notebooks) Identifier AA 338/12/1 Date 1930 - 1963 Quantity 8.5 cm, 1 x type 2 box containing 9 notebooks Series AA338/15 - Maps - Expeditions, field work and personal research (not including South East of South Australia) 'South Australia showing Native Tribes' Identifier AA 338/15/4 Date c. 1929 - c. 1930, approximate date range of data Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 68.0x101.0 cm Map of the Diamantina region, northeastern South Australia Identifier AA 338/15/17 Date 1934, date in annotation; date of printing unknown Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 66.0x94.0 cm 'Queensland Showing Land Tenure 1937. Sheet 1.' Identifier AA 338/15/40 Date 1938 - 1939, dates in annotation; map printed 1937 Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 69.0x101.5 cm 'Map showing the location of Aboriginal Tribes east of Lake Eyre, S.A.' Identifier AA 338/15/180 Date c. 1924 - ?, date of related publication. Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 31.5x34.0 cm Series AA338/18 - Maps - 'World Aeronautical Chart series' Cooper Creek (3342) Identifier AA 338/18/26 Date 1968 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm Oodnadatta (3343) Identifier AA 338/18/27 Date 1967 - c. 1974, from date of printing through approximate period map was used Quantity 0.1 cm, 1 map, 51.5x76.5 cm
Collection AA346 Board for Anthropological Research
Series AA346/04 - Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded onto cards by Board for Anthropological Research expedition members, 1923-1963. Diamantina (South Australia) sociological and anthropological data cards Identifier AA 346/4/16 Date August 1934 Quantity 9 cm, 4 card series; cards 20.5 x 12.7 cm Series AA346/09 - Films recorded during the Board for Anthropological expeditions, 1926-1966. Diamantina, South Australia, 1934. Identifier AA 346/9/9 Date 10 August 1934 - 28 August 1934, dates of expedition Quantity 33.5 cm, 15 film items. Formats: 16mm, Betacams, DVDs