Ngandi

The Ngandi are an Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory, distinct from the similarly named Ngandji farther south; their lands enclosed the upper Wilton and Mainoru rivers, with their eastern boundary near the sources of the Rose River. Their language belonged to the Gunwinyguan family and was most closely related to Nunggubuyu.

Ngandi men took part in the long-distance trade networks of Arnhem Land, carrying parcels of leilira quartzite blades, flaked in the stone mines east of the Katherine River and used as spearheads and knives, to distant tribes. A songmaker could travel through country closed to ordinary visitors, his new ceremony songs and wrapped trade goods serving as his passport.