Council acknowledges the Gweagal, Bidjigal and Gadigal Clans which are the traditional custodians of the land in which we meet and work.
What Aboriginal land is Brighton?
The Brighton-Pontville area, originally the home of the Moomairremener Aboriginal people, was early used by Europeans for hunting kangaroo. In 1821 Governor Macquarie selected the site for a town, and named it Brighton.
Is Bunurong and Boon Wurrung 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.
Who are the Bidjigal people?
We pay respect to the local Traditional people of the Salt Pan Creek area, the Bidjigal (also known as Bediagal), a clan group of the coastal Dharug people of the Sydney region, who have lived here for over 60 000 years. Their land covers Salt Pan Creek, Revesby and the estuarine surrounds north of Georges River.
Where is the Wurundjeri area?
Melbourne
Before European settlement, the Aboriginal people of the Wurundjeri willum clan lived on the land that now forms the City of Whittlesea and the northern suburbs of Melbourne. They lived on the offshoots of the Yarra River – along the Merri, Edgars and Darebin Creeks – the Plenty River and the Maribyrnong River.
What suburbs are in darug country?
The Dharug people still populate the areas of Parramatta, Greater Western Sydney, La Perouse and the Blue Mountains.
Where is the darug tribe located?
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 suburbs are Boonwurrung land?
The new borderline runs across the city from west to east, with the CBD, Richmond and Hawthorn included in Wurundjeri land, and Albert Park, St Kilda and Caulfield on Bunurong land.
What Aboriginal land is Docklands on?
Victoria Harbour Docklands is on the site of the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, specifically the Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) and Boonwurrung tribes. This Melbourne city area is overlapping the boundary of the territories of both these tribes. The Yarra River is very significant in the Docklands history.
Are Bunurong people from the Kulin nation?
Before the great pyramids in Egypt had been built, the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people were here. They lived as all people of the Kulin nation lived, sustainably on the land for tens of thousands of years. People ate local animals, plants, fish and shellfish. They used boats, or canoes to frequent nearby islands.
Where is the Bidjigal tribe from?
New South Wales, Australia
The Bidjigal (also spelt Bediagal, Bejigal, Bedegal or Biddegal) people are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are modern-day western, north-western, south-eastern, and southern Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The land includes the Bidjigal Reserve, Salt Pan Creek and the Georges River.
Who are the Kokatha people?
The Kokatha, also known as the Kokatha Mula, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia. They speak the Kokatha language, close to or a dialect of the Western Desert language.
Who are the Gumbaynggirr people?
The traditional custodians of the Coffs Harbour region are the Gumbaynggirr people, who have occupied this land for thousands of years, forming one of the largest coastal Aboriginal Nations in New South Wales.
What is the difference between Woi wurrung and Wurundjeri?
The place we know as Melbourne is part of the country claimed by the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung Nations. The Woi wurrung Nation consists of the land of the Yarra drainage basin. The clans who dwelt along the river near the site of Melbourne are known as the Wurundjeri people.
What does Wurundjeri mean in English?
The Wurundjeri People take their name from the Woiwurrung language word ‘wurun’ meaning the Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along ‘Birrarung’ (Yarra River), and ‘djeri’, the grub which is found in or near the tree.
How do I acknowledge country Wurundjeri?
Example 2 – I would like to acknowledge the Wurundjeri people who are the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present of the Kulin Nation and extend that respect to other Indigenous Australians present.
How many Darug clans are there?
Within the Darug tribe there are 29 clans. The Dreaming is a pathway for Aboriginal people to relive their stories of their ancestor’s creation. Darug people are collectively called a tribe.
What does Darug mean in Aboriginal?
Spelled in a variety of ways, ‘Darug’ comes from the Aboriginal word for ‘yam‘. The tubers were as a staple food and the Darug people would have also collected a range of fruits, plants and other bush foods.
What is a Darug word?
The names Dharug and Eora were given by linguists to refer to the inland and coastal dialects of the language. Dharug (also Dharuk, Darug, Daruk) is the traditional language of the Australian Aboriginal people in the inland areas of greater Sydney.
What language do Dharug people speak?
The 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.
What makes Darug people unique?
The Darug people are a group of Indigenous people of Aboriginal Australians that were united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans scattered throughout much of what is modern-day Sydney.