Mbara
According to Norman Tindale, the Mbara (a.k.a. Ambara, Balgalu, Bargal, Kumbulmara, Mitjamba, Midjamba, and Kumbulara) ranged across around 13,000 square kilometres around the Woolgar and Stawell rivers. Their territory stretched as far south as Cambridge Downs, with a northern boundary towards the Gregory Range and Gledswood, a western frontier around Saxby Downs, and eastern boundaries around Chudleigh Park. Their country stretched as far south as Cambridge Downs.
They spoke a Pama–Nyungan language that had much in common with that spoken by the neighbouring Yanga (distinct from the similarly-named dialect of Biri called Yangga), which may have been the same as the Nyangga and Ganggalida. The two languages, both now extinct, are often classified together as Mbara-Yanga.
Like their Gugu-Badhun, Yirandali, Wunumara and Ngawun neighbours, the arrival of European pastoralists and a significant influx of miners through the last thirty years of the 19th century displaced the Mbara and Yanga people.
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Woolgar River
Stawell River
Cambridge Downs
Gregory Range
Gledswood
Saxby Downs
Chudleigh Park
Cambridge Downs
Yanga
Nyangga
Ganggalida
Wunumara
Ngawun
