The Yalukit-willam people of the Boon-wurrung Country are the traditional owners of land known as Newport, with a well researched connection to the area beyond 30,000 years.
What Indigenous land is Newport on?
We acknowledge, that we are here today on the land of the Eora Nation and Gadigal people. The Gadigal people are the traditional custodians and owners of Newport and its surrounding areas.
Who are the Guringai people?
The first use of the word ‘Guringai’ is over a hundred years after the arrival of the First Fleet. Kuringgai was a term created by Fraser in 1892 to define a super-tribe that he claimed stretched from the Macleay River to south of Sydney.
Who are the Yalukit-willam and what is their relation to the Boonwurrung?
The Yalukit-willam were associated with the coastal tract at the head of Port Phillip Bay extending to the Werribee River and included the present-day sites of Williamstown, Port Melbourne, St Kilda and Prahran. The Yalukit-willam were one of six Boonwurrung clans.
What Aboriginal land is Pittwater?
Pittwater and the Northern Beaches area was formerly known as Guringai country, the land of the Garigal or Caregal people. The Aboriginal Heritage Office issued a report in 2015 titled “Filling a void. A Review of the Historical context for the use of the word ‘Guringai’.
Where is the Gadigal land?
of Sydney
The original Aboriginal inhabitants of the City of Sydney local area are the Gadigal people. The territory of the Gadi (gal) people stretched along the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) from South Head to around what is now known as Petersham.
Is Newport English or Welsh?
Newport covers an area of just over 73.5 square miles and stands at the gateway between England and Wales.
Are there any Gadigal people left?
However, since colonisation and its subsequent spread, most Gadigal people have been displaced from their traditional lands.
Cadigal.
| Gadigal people | |
|---|---|
| Language branch: | Yuin-Kuric |
| Language group: | Dharug |
| Group dialects: | Cadigal |
| Area (approx. 700 km2 (270 sq mi)) |
What Aboriginal land is darug?
The Darug are thought to have lived between Port Jackson and Botany Bay in the east, the Georges River to the south and south-west, the Hawkesbury River in the north-west, and in the west up to the Blue Mountains. Their language differed between the coastal, the hinterland (Cumberland plains) and the mountains regions.
What is the biggest Aboriginal tribe in NSW?
The Wiradjuri Nation is geographically the largest Indigenous Nation within NSW and it’s probably the largest in terms of population. The boundary of the Wiradjuri Nation extends from Coonabarabran in the north, straddling the Great Dividing Range down to the Murray River and out to western NSW.
Are Boonwurrung and Bunurong the same?
Boon wurrung (Bunurong) are a Kulin group from the east of Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, Cape Liptrap and surrounding areas. The only known Boon wurrung (Bunurong) apical ancestors with living descendents are believed to be women who were abducted by sealers in the early 18th century.
Is Boonwurrung a country?
The Boonwurrung people are an Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who are the traditional owners of the land from the Werribee River to Wilsons Promontory in the Australian state of Victoria. Their territory includes part of what is now the city and suburbs of Melbourne.
What language do Boonwurrung people speak?
Boon Wurrung is the language spoken by one of the five tribes of the Kulin Nation. It shares over 90 per cent of its vocabulary with the Woiwurrung language.
What suburbs are in Darug nation?
The Dharug people still populate the areas of Parramatta, Greater Western Sydney, La Perouse and the Blue Mountains.
What suburbs are on Darug land?
These are some of the names of the Darug clans and the area in which they lived, Bediagal – Georges River, Bidjigal – Castle Hill, Boolbainora – Wentworthville, Burraberongal – Richmond, Burramattagal – Parramatta, Cabrogal – Liverpool, Cannemegal (warmuli) – Prospect, Cattai – Windsor, Gomerrigal (tongara) South Creek
Where are the Yorta Yorta peoples traditional lands?
The Yorta Yorta people occupy a unique stretch of forest-wetlands that are located in what is now known as the central Murray – Goulburn region. Traditional Yorta Yorta lands lie on both sides of the Murray River roughly from Cohuna to Albury / Wodonga. They include Echuca and Moama.
What is the difference between Eora and Gadigal?
There are about 29 clan groups of the Sydney metropolitan area, referred to collectively as the Eora Nation. The Gadigal are a clan of the Eora Nation. The territory of the Gadi (gal) people stretched along the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) from South Head to around what is now known as Petersham.
How do I acknowledge Gadigal Country?
Acknowledgement of Country
In our area when opening an event, or at the start of a speech, a statement like this can be used: “I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of this land and pay my respects to the Elders both past and present.”
Where in Australia is Darug Country?
The Darug territory includes the Cumberland Plain area in Western Sydney, stretching from Wisemans Ferry in the north down to the Camden area in the south. It also extends into the foothills of the Blue Mountains in the west and the Hills District to the east.
What nationality is the name Newport?
Origin of Newport:
The origin of the name is French, and it was through the Norman invasion 1066 that the name arrived as ‘Neuport’ – the resident at or belong to the Newport. The spellings forms of the name were Neuport (1273), Newporte (1574) and Newport (1654).
Was Monmouthshire ever part of England?
From the 16th to the early 20th century Monmouthshire was sometimes considered administratively a part of England and sometimes a part of Wales, but today it is recognized as an integral part of the latter, and it elects representatives to the National Assembly for Wales.