Nggamadi


The Nggamadi were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Name

They are often conflated with the Ankamuti, but Tindale regarded them as a separate tribal reality. Terry Crowley writes:-
In the region referred to locally as the "Seven Rivers" area, which constitutes the very narrow coastal stretch from the northern side of Port Musgrave as far as the Doughboy River, and also the inland area of Crystal Creek and the middle Jardine River, were the aŋkamuṯi -speaking people. The non-coastal aŋkamuṯi of the Jardine River were alternatively called yampaɣuƫaŋu or utuðanamu. The aŋkamuṯi have previously been referred to in the literature by the name ŋkamuṯi, Ngkamadyi in McConnel and Nggammadi in Sharp, which was used for the aŋkamuṯi by the CV-dropping groups to the south of Port Musgrave.

Country

estimated that the Nggamadi had about of territory. They lay north of as far as around , and were present also at the and s.

Alternative names