Ngomburr

The Ngormburr, also known as Murumburr^[1] and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country

The Ngormbur are thought to have had approximately 800 sq mi (2,100 km²) of land located between the West and South Alligator rivers, with an inland extension that ran as far as Bamboo Creek.^[2]

The area is now in Kakadu National Park, and the people are part of a group to whom native title was granted in March 2022.^[3]

Language

Their language was or is the Ngormbur language.^[2]

Alternative names

• Ngorm-bur
• Ngumbu
• Gnornbur
• Ngorbur
• Oormbur
• Corm-bur
• Koarnbut
• Ambukuda
• Ambugula
• Numbugala
• Nambuguja^[4]