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The place name has always been called thus by Aboriginal people, and Aboriginal people still live in the area. This is particularly so for Aboriginal communities, such as Maningrida in the Northern Territory. This is more frequent where non-indigenous settlement has been less dense, particularly in Central Australia and the Top End.
The name Bongil Bongil is the name of a sub-group of the Gumbaingerie tribe which occupied the general area bounded by the Clarence River to the north, the Nambucca River to the south, Dorrigo to the west and the Pacific Ocean. [12] Book Book: New South Wales: A rural community within the local government area of the city of Wagga Wagga: Bookal ...
The Wallumettagal or Wallumedegal (derived from wallumai, meaning snapper (fish) [1] [2]) tribe was an indigenous Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area of Sydney today known as the Ryde–Hunters Hill area of the Northern Suburbs. Common Aboriginal names in this part of Lower Northern Sydney include Willandra. Specifically the region is ...
The Gadigal people originally inhabited the area that they call "Gadi", which lies south of Port Jackson, covering today's Sydney central business district and stretching from South Head across to Marrickville/Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River; most notably Sydney Cove is located in Gadi, the site where the first Union Jack was raised, marking the beginning ...
Wangal tribesman, warrior, and diplomat, Bennelong, first captured in November 1789 at the behest of New South Wales Governor Arthur Phillip [citation needed] The Wangal people (a.k.a. Wanngal or Won-gal [1]) are a clan of the Dharug Aboriginal people whose heirs are custodians of the lands and waters of what is now the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, centred around the Municipality of ...
Bennelong Point is known to the local Gadigal people of the Eora nation as Dubbagullee. [1]The point was originally a small tidal island, Tubowgule, [2] [3] later renamed as Bennelong Island, that largely consisted of rocks with a small beach on the western side.
The word "koala" is derived from gula in the Dharuk and Gundungurra languages A Yuin man, c.1904The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was traditionally spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales, until it became ...
The town of Sydney was declared a city in 1842, and a local government was established. In 1901, the Australian colonies federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia, and Sydney became the capital of the state of New South Wales. Sydney today is Australia's largest city and a major international centre of culture and finance.