Australia.
The Darkinjung (not to be confused with the Darkinyung people further inland) are the Local Aboriginal Land Council in the Central Coast, New South Wales, area of Australia and a major landowner on the Central Coast, participating in formal joint management of some areas of state forest in the region.
What language do the Darkinjung people speak?
Darrkinyung
Darkinjung (Darrkinyung; many other spellings; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Darkinjung people. While no audio recordings of the language survive, several researchers have compiled wordlists and grammatical descriptions.
What Aboriginal country is Woy Woy?
The words ‘Woy Woy’ reputedly come from the language of an Aboriginal group called the Guringgai (or Kuringgai). It is said to mean ‘much water’ or ‘big lagoon’ – an obvious reference to Brisbane Water. The Guringgai once occupied the land from the Hawkesbury in the south to Lake Macquarie in the north.
What is the totem of the Darkinjung people?
The whale is the totem of the Darkinjung People of the Central Coast of NSW. Aboriginal People considered stranded whales an important economic resource. They used the fat to varnish their spears, boomerangs and tools. They also used whale bones to manufacture utensils, weapons and for other uses such as shelter.
Who are the traditional owners of Gosford?
It is the home of the Darkinyung people. The Darkinjung traditional boundary spans both the Wyong Shire and Gosford City local government areas on the Central Coast.
Are there any Darkinjung people left?
The Darkinjung people are believed to have died out in the late 19th century due to the effects of disease and dispossession. Darkinjung Aboriginal Land Council represents the interests of the Aboriginal residents of the Darkinjung lands, but those Aboriginal residents come from other Aboriginal groups.
Is Eden Yuin a Country?
Eden – NSW Aboriginal Land Council. Eden LALC is a driving force in keeping the culturally and environmentally significant Bundian Way alive. The Bundian Way is a spectacular walk through Yuin Country on the shores of Twofold Bay, connecting the highest part of the continent with the eastern coast.
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 in Australia is Darug Country?
Western Sydney
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.
Where is the Darug nation?
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.
Where is Yugambeh Country?
The Yugambeh language people are the traditional custodians of the land located in south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales, now within the Logan City, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, and Tweed City regions whose ancestors all spoke one or more dialects of the Yugambeh Language.
Is Gosford a Darkinjung?
Darkinjung – now Gosford, Wyong, Wollemi National Park; Awabakal – now Newcastle, the Entrance.
What did the Darkinjung people eat?
Food animals included potoroo, emu, kangaroo, quoll, echidna, flying fox, wallaby and wallaroo. Wombats and koalas were not eaten much, if at all. Plants and berries were also an important part of their diet, including burrawang palm seeds, yams and the roots of some ferns.
Who are the traditional custodians of the Central Coast?
Some of the Traditional Custodians around the Central Coast and Hunter regions include Darkinjung (Central Coast), Awabakal, Worimi, Bahtabah, Biraban, Mindaribba and Wonnarua.
Is Woy Woy an Aboriginal name?
Origin of Name
The words ‘Woy Woy’ reputedly come from the language of the Guringgai (or Kuringgai) First Nations people. The expression is said to mean ‘deep water’ or ‘big lagoon’ – a probable reference to Brisbane Water.
Who are the traditional owners of the Kulin Nation?
The Kulin Nation consists of the five language groups who are the traditional owners and lived in what is known as the Port Phillip region:
- Boonwurrung (Boon-wur-rung)
- Dja Dja Wurrung (Jar-Jar-Wur-rung)
- Taungurung (Tung-ger-rung)
- Wathaurung (Wath-er-rung)
- Woiwurrung (Woy-wur-rung), commonly known as Wurundjeri.
What is the largest Aboriginal town in Australia?
Cherbourg (/ˈʃɜːbɜːɡ/), formerly known as Barambah, Barambah Aboriginal Settlement and Cherbourg Aboriginal Settlement, is a rural town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg, Queensland, Australia.
Cherbourg, Queensland.
| Cherbourg Queensland | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1900 |
| Postcode(s) | 4605 |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,017 ft) |
| Area | 31.8 km2 (12.3 sq mi) |
What is the smallest Indigenous nation in NSW?
| Wiradjuri | |
|---|---|
| Hierarchy | |
| Language group: | Wiradhuric |
| Group dialects: | Wiradjuri |
| Area (approx. 97,100 square kilometres (37,500 sq mi)) |
Where is the largest Aboriginal community?
The Northern Territory has the highest proportion of Indigenous residents among its population – an estimated 32% (79,000 people) in 2022 (Figure 2).
Where is Gubbi Gubbi country?
South East Queensland
The Gubbi Gubbi people are the Traditional Custodians of the land located in South East Queensland, within the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Noosa and Gympie region.
Who are the traditional owners of Jervis Bay?
The return of Booderee to Koori traditional owners
In 1995 Jervis Bay National Park and the Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens were conferred on the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council, provided these areas were leased back to the Director of National Parks to be managed as a national park and botanic gardens.