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Wallumettagal
The Wallumettagal or Wallumedegal (derived from ''wallumai'', meaning Australasian snapper, snapper (fish)) tribe was an indigenous indigenous Australians, Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area of Sydney today known as the Ryde, New South Wales, Ryde–Hunters Hill area of the Northern Suburbs (Sydney), Northern Suburbs. Common Aboriginal names in this part of Lower Northern Sydney also include ''Willandra'' and ''Jacaranda''. Specifically the region is described as "North shore of the Parramatta River, including the City of Ryde, from the intersection of the Lane Cove River and west to Parramatta." The Wallumedegal are listed as part of the Eora. In the earlier days of Sydney's history, even before the Ryde-Hunters Hill area was known as Kissing Point, it was known as Wallumatta, in honour of its original inhabitants. Wallumatta Nature Reserve is a small remnant of the original vegetation of the area inhabited by the Wallumettagal people. References {{Aboriginal peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eora
The Eora (''Yura'') are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales. Eora is the name given by the earliest European settlers to a group of Aboriginal people belonging to the clans along the coastal area of what is now known as the Sydney basin, in New South Wales, Australia. The Eora share a language with the Darug people, whose traditional lands lie further inland, to the west of the Eora. Contact with the first white settlement's bridgehead into Australia quickly devastated much of the population through epidemics of smallpox and other diseases. Their descendants live on, though their languages, social system, way of life and traditions are mostly lost. Radiocarbon dating suggests human activity occurred in and around Sydney for at least 30,000 years, in the Upper Paleolithic period. However, numerous Aboriginal stone tools found in Sydney's far western suburbs gravel sediments were dated to be from 45,000 to 50,000 years BP, which would mean that humans could h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
