What indigenous land is Canberra?
Ngunnawal country
Canberra is Ngunnawal country. The Ngunnawal are the Indigenous people of this region and its first inhabitants. The neighbouring people are the Gundungurra to the north, the Ngarigo to the south, the Yuin on the coast, and the Wiradjuri inland.
How long have the Ngunnawal people lived in Canberra?
20,000 years
The Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples have lived in the country that is now the Canberra region for more than 20,000 years.
What does Canberra mean in Ngunnawal?
meeting place
Canberra, ACT Thought to mean ‘meeting place’ in the local Ngunnawal language. Tuggeranong, ACT A Ngunnawal expression meaning ‘cold place’.
How many family clans are there from Ngunnawal country?
seven clans
Within the Ngunnawal tribe there are known to be seven clans who lived in fairly specific localities. There is an obvious link between clan names and the modern names of the areas today.
Who are the Ngunnawal elders?
The United Ngunnawal Elders Council (UNEC) is a significant Aboriginal body providing advice to the ACT Government in relation to heritage and connection to land matters for the Ngunnawal people.
What is the totem of the Ngunnawal people?
The wedge-tailed eagle (Mulleun) represents the Ngunnawal people who are the Indigenous people of the Canberra region and its first inhabitants. The goanna represents the people of the Wiradjuri nation which is the largest Indigenous Nation within NSW.
What is the language of the Ngunnawal people?
Ngunnawal/Ngunawal is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Ngunnawal. Ngunnawal is very closely related to the Gandangara language and the two were most likely highly mutually intelligible.
What language do the Ngunnawal speak?
Who are the traditional owners of Canberra?
The ACT Government acknowledges the Ngunnawal people as the traditional custodians of the ACT and surrounding areas.
How do you say welcome in ngunnawal?
Wominjeka means Hello/Welcome in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of Kulin Nation – the traditional owners of Melbourne. Yumalundi means Hello in the Ngunnawal language.
Who are the traditional owners of Queanbeyan?
Traditional Owners The original inhabitants of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council area were the Ngambri, Ngarigu, Ngunnawal and Walbunja Aboriginal people.
Who are the Ngunnawal people of Canberra Australia?
Welcome to Ngunnawal Country. Canberra is Ngunnawal country. The Ngunnawal are the Indigenous people of this region and its first inhabitants. The neighbouring people are the Gundungurra to the north, the Ngarigo to the south, the Yuin on the coast, and the Wiradjuri inland.
Who are the neighbouring people to Ngunnawal country?
The neighbouring people are the Gundungurra to the north, the Ngarigo to the south, the Yuin on the coast, and the Wiradjuri inland. It is a harsh climate and difficult country for hunter-gatherer people.
Where did the Ngunawal people live in Australia?
When first encountered by European settlers in the 1820s, the Ngunawal-speaking Indigenous people lived around this area. Their tribal country according to the early ethnographer, R. H. Mathews, stated their country extended from Goulburn to Yass and Burrowa southwards as far as Lake George to the east and Goodradigbee to the west.
Where did the Battle of Ngunnawal take place?
A major battle for ownership of the country was fought at Sutton between an invading Ngunnawal band and the Nyamudy inhabitants, which the latter won, establishing the Ngunnawal country, which did not extend further south along the Yass River than Gundaroo.