The Walgalu one of the two Aboriginal peoples who originally lived in the region now occupied by Canberra , the capital of Australia , and is officially recognised as the original Indigenous Australians indigenous australian custodian of country. Steven Avery wrote in Aboriginal and European Encounter in the Canberra Region a question of change and the archaeological record , ref http www.kunama.com custlaw Aboriginal and European Encounter in the Canberra Region a question of change and the archaeological record ref The Walgalu estate is located in the Namadji Namadgi National Park Namadgi region to the southwest of Queanbeyan . ref http www.kunama.com custlaw CH1.HTM Cultural Groupings, Chapter One ref The language of the Walgalu was a form of Ngarigo . ref http www.kunama.com custlaw BIB.HTM Dixon1980 Dixon 1980 241, Dixon, R.M.W 1980 . The Languages of Australia. Cambridge University Press, New York. ref ref http www.kunama.com custlaw BIB.HTM McBryde1986 McBryde 1986 44, McBryde, I 1986 . Artefacts, language and interaction a case study from south eastern Australia. in Bailey, G & Callow, P eds. , Stone Age Prehistory studies in memory of Charles McBurney . Oxford University Press, New York pp 77 93. ref According to Norman Tindale in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal, the specific areas where Walgalu lived were the blockquote headwaters of the Murrumbidgee River Murrumbidgee , and Tumut rivers at Kiandra south to Tintaldra northeast to near Queanbeyan . Henry Parkes Parkes obtained some details from a Wiradjuri man at Brungle under the name Guramal or Gurmal. These notes also apply in part to the Ngarigo . Both tribes were to him guarai , or hostile people. The Walgalu spent their summers in the Mount Bogong Bogong Mountains Bu ga ? southeast of Tumut . This tribe ... s note saying that the Walgalu went as far as Kauwambal on the upper Murray River , which she identifies ... tang territory. ref http www.samuseum.sa.gov.au orig tindale hdms tindaletribes walgalu.htm Walgalu ... more details
File Brindabella valley.jpg thumb right Aerial view of Brindabella Valley from east The Brindabella Valley is located midway along the Goodradigbee River in the south of New South Wales , Australia . The valley is framed by the Brindabella Ranges and Fiery Mountain Ranges, most notably by Mount Bramina and Bulls Head in the north and Black Bottle Mountain and Mount Franklin in the south. The valley is largely gentle, undulating farmland rising from 620 metres ASL in the north to 700 metres ASL in the south. Most of the native vegetation in the valley has been removed in favour of pasture, fruit trees and other exotic species, however the surrounding mountains are largely National Parks populated entirely with natives. Brindabella Valley consists of a number of small cattle farms including heritage listed Brindabella Station , the childhood home of the famous early 20th century Australian author Miles Franklin . Before European settlement it was inhabited by the Ngunnawal people Ngunawal , Walgalu and Djimantan Indigenous Australians . The area was first settled in the 1830s by European squatters with land first being purchased in 1849. Gold was found in 1860 but mined from the 1880s in 1887 the Brindabella Gold Mining Company was formed. Mining continued until 1910. It is now an agricultural area. Access to Brindabella valley is via dirt roads from Canberra or Tumut . A further road runs through Long Plain toward Rules Point and Kiandra, but is private and access is rarely permitted. All roads are subject to frequent closures during heavy snow in winter. The Goodbradigbee is a popular trout fishing location for Canberra anglers and camp sites are provided on the east bank of the river within the valley. Much of the river is difficult to reach without crossing private property and anglers should be aware that certain landowners are unlikely to grant access. A notable feature of the valley are the transmission lines running from the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Sche ... more details
The Ngarigo is the Australian Aborigines Aboriginal people group whose traditional lands lie south east of the Canberra area. ref Quote from History of the Australian Capital Territory ref ref http www.samuseum.australia.sa.com tindaletribes thaua.htm Tindale, Norman 1974 Thaua in his Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes . South Australian Museum. Quote the Bemerigal or mountain people at Cooma belonged to the Ngarigo. ref According to Norman Tindale in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal people groups, the specific areas lands of the Ngarigo are blockquote the Monaro tableland north to Queanbeyan Bombala River from near Delegate, New South Wales Delegate to Nimmitabel west to divide of the Australian Alps . The Wiradjuri considered the Ngarigo and Walgalu as one people using the name Guramal which has the basic meaning of gurai or hostile people. Canberra , the capital city of the federal capital territory is very close to the boundary line between this and the Ngunawal tribe. In winter these tableland people sometimes came down to the surrounding territories for shelter, hence their reputation for aggressiveness. ref http www.samuseum.sa.gov.au orig tindale HDMS tindaletribes ngarigo.htm Ngarigo NSW , page reproduced from N.B. Tindale s Aboriginal Tribes of Australia 1974 , South Australian Museum ref blockquote The Cooma government web site states that the two main groups on Monaro were the Ngarigo people of the Monaro, New South Wales tablelands and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country. ref http www.cooma.nsw.gov.au culturalmap aboriginal aboriginal.htm Aboriginal People of Monaro , Cooma Monaro Shire Council ref . The Ngarigo people spoke the Ngarigu language and a southern dialect, southern Ngarigu , which were used as far south as Goongerah, Victoria Goongerah in Victoria. ref Ian D. Clark, http www.vaclang.org.au admin 5Cfile 5Ccontent11 5Cc7 5CLanguage 20Map 20Report 202005.pdf Aboriginal Language Areas in Victoria a reconstruction , ... more details
Image BrindabellaValleyAndGoodradigbeeRiver.jpg thumb 250px Goodradigbee river in the Brindabella valley File Mount Ginini Namadgi National Park 2.jpg thumb 250px Mount Ginini in the Australian Capital Territory File Road Closed Mount Franklin.jpg thumb 250px The road to Mount Franklin, Australian Capital Territory A.C.T. , was built by the Canberra Alpine Club in the 1930s The Brindabella Range is a mountain range located on the border between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory , Australia . ref cite report title Bimberi Nature Reserve plan of management publisher New South Wales Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water url http www.environment.nsw.gov.au resources parks pomfinalbimberi.pdf page 3 accessdate 2010 12 06 ref The ranges rise to the west of Canberra , the capital city of Australia, and include the Namadgi National Park in the A.C.T. and Bimberi Nature Reserve and Brindabella National Park in New South Wales . The Brindabellas are visible to the west of Canberra and form an important part of the city s landscape. History and geography The name is said to mean two kangaroo rats in the language of the local indigenous Australians Aborigines . However, another account states that Brindy brindy was a local term meaning water running over rocks and bella was presumably added by the Europeans as in bella vista . Brindabella National Park lies north west of the NSW ACT border abutting Namadgi National Park and covers an area of 213.6 square kilometres. Brindabella Valley in the middle of the range, is 40 km south west of Canberra and 350 km from Sydney . It is on the edge of the Snowy Mountains . The Goodradigbee River flows through the valley. Before European settlement it was inhabited by the Ngunnawal, Walgalu and Djimantan Aborigines. The area was first settled in the 1830s by European squatters with land first being purchased in 1849. Gold was found in 1860 but mined from the 1880s in 1887 the Brindabella Gold Mining Company was ... more details
Ngambri or Kamberri is the name of the ancestral group and their descendants after whom the capital of Australia , Canberra , is named. Since the Native Title Act was passed in 1994, the mainly Yass, New South Wales Yass and Boorowa, New South Wales Boorowa based Ngunnawal also spelled Ngunawal, which is the name of a language not a people Vague date April 2009 have been asserting their claims to be the rightful traditional custodians of the area now incorporating the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds, mainly through their kinship connections to Ngambri descendants, many of whom also identify as Ngunnawal through non Ngambri kinship lines. The Ngunnawal claims are mainly based on the linguistic map published by Dr Norman Tindale in 1974, Aboriginal Tribes of Australia , yet even Tindale did not place the Ngunawal south of the Molonglo River . The area south of the Molonglo River was, according to Tindale, the country of the Walgalu speaking peoples, made up of two close kin groups, the Ngambri and the Ngurmal. These two groups merged under the leadership of Onyong Ngambri and Noolup, aka Jimmy the Rover Ngurmal soon after white settlement in the 1820s. The current ACT Government, however, supports the Ngunnawal claims. In response to a recent question in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly ACT Government about the official status of the Ngambri, ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope stated that Ngambri is the name of one of a number of family groups that make up the Ngunnawal nation, and that his government recognises members of the Ngunnawal nation as descendants of the original inhabitants of this region. There is no specific recognition of the Ngambri group outside of this broader acknowledgement. ref cite hansard url http www.hansard.act.gov.au hansard 2005 week06 2028.htm house Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly date 6 May 2005 pagestart 2028 ref However, while some Ngambri descendants married into the Yass and Boorowa based ... more details
List of Indigenous Australian group names contains names and collective designations which have been applied, either formerly or in the past, to group of Indigenous Australians Note It is very important to be aware that the term tribe is really not very useful in indigenous Australia. There are very few cases where there are clear groups that correspond to such a term. In reality most indigenous Australians could name a number of groups of which they are members, each group being defined on different criteria and often with much overlapping. Many of the names listed below are properly understood as language or dialect names, some are simply the word meaning man person in the associated language, some are endonym autonym s i.e. the name as used by the people themselves , some are exonym s i.e., names used by one group for another, and not by that group itself , while others are terms for people from a specific area. For further detailed overview and descriptions of some of these groups, see Indigenous peoples of Australia center CompactTOC8 center yes Expand list date August 2008 A class sortable wikitable bgcolor efefef width 150px Group name width 500px Alternative names and or component sub groups width 200px Geographical location width 100px AIATSIS region Aiabakan ref label 2 2 none Aiabakan, Bakanu, Baganu, Bakanh ref label 1 1 none Queensland West Cape Ajabatha ref label 2 2 none Aiabadu, Aiyaboto, Jabuda, Koka Ai ebadu, Aiebadu, Koko Aiebadu, Kikahiabilo, Bakanh Queensland Alawa ref label 1 1 none ref label 2 2 none Alaua, Allawa, Allaua, Allua, Allowa, Alowa, Leealowa, Kallaua, Allowiri, Allaura, Galleewo Northern Territory Desert Alura people Alura ref label 2 2 none Allura Alura, Hallura, Nallura, Jaminjung Northern Territory Nancy Dahn ref label 1 1 none Iliaura ref label 2 2 none , Illiaura, Iljaura, Ilyaura, Ilyowra Illyowra, Illura, Aliawara, Alyawara, Alyawarra, Ilawara, Jaljuwara, Yalyuwara, Alyawarr Northern Territory Desert Amangu ref label 1 1 non ... more details
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