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This name is one of the names used on the widely used Aboriginal Australia Map, David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia by AIATSIS. Early versions of the map also divided Australia into 18 regions (Southwest, Northwest, Desert, Kimberley, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, Gulf, West Cape, Torres Strait, East ...
The Gandangara people, also spelt Gundungara, Gandangarra, Gundungurra and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional lands include present day Goulburn, Wollondilly Shire, The Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands.
Yowie is one of several names for an Australian folklore entity that is reputed to live in the Outback.The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as quinkin (or as a type of quinkin), and as joogabinna, [1] in parts of New South Wales, they are called Ghindaring, jurrawarra, myngawin, puttikan, doolaga, gulaga and thoolagal. [1]
People from Katoomba, New South Wales (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "People from the Blue Mountains (New South Wales)" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Knowing that local Aboriginal people had already established routes crossing the range and by making use of Aboriginal walking trails, a usable ridge-top route was finally discovered by Europeans directly westward from Sydney across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst by an expedition jointly led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William ...
Yarramundi's daughter, Maria (born 1805) was the first Aboriginal child to be placed in the Native Institute at Parramatta, where she won the Yearly state Examinations ahead of 100 white children. On 26 January 1824, she married convict Robert Lock. It was the first legal marriage between an Aboriginal and a non Aboriginal person in Australia.
Steve is the former host of Nickelodeon's1996 hit show Blue's Clues.He was born on Oct. 9, 1973, and grew up in Pennsylvania. When he was 22, Steve moved to New York to pursue an acting career ...
At the 2021 census, there were 12,385 people in Lithgow. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.3% of the population. 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Philippines 0.7%, India 0.6% and Scotland 0.4%. 86.5% of people only spoke English at home.