Eora is also commonly used for Sydney. For northern Sydney the term Guringai has been used, however, it was originally invented by a researcher in 1892 for this area and there is a Gringai clan in the Barrington River, Glouchester area who are requesting Sydneysiders to stop using their name.
The City acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora Nation as the traditional custodians of this place we now call Sydney. 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.
They belonged to many clans including the the Gadigal, Wangal, Wallumedegal, Boromedegal, Gamaragal, Borogegal, Birrabirragal and Gayamaygal. They spoke languages now known as Darug, Dharawal. To the south-west Gundungurra and to the north-west of the Hawkesbury River Darginung was spoken.
The Gadigal were a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands are located in what is now the city of Sydney. Before being named Sydney in the 1770s, the land was originally called 'Cadi'. 'Gal' means people, so the Gadigal literally means the people of Cadi.
The 'Eora people' was the name given to the coastal Aboriginal peoples around Sydney. 'Eora' means 'here' or 'from this place'. The Gadigal are a clan of the Eora Nation.
The Cadigal (more commonly referred to as Gadigal), are a group of Australians whose traditional lands are located in Sydney. The Cadigal originally inhabited the area that they called 'Cadi', which lies south of Port Jackson covering today's Sydney Business District.
Budyeri kamaru means Hello in the Gadigal language, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Sydney CBD is built. Gadigal country is part of the Eora Nation from Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), the Parramatta River and the coast. Eora means people.
Language. The language spoken by the Eora has, since the time of R. H. Mathews, been called Dharug, which generally refers to what is known as the inland variety, as opposed to the coastal form Iyora (or Eora).
The Gadigal of the Eora Nation are the traditional custodians of our local area. As a mark of respect to the traditional custodians, our events, official meetings, functions and other special occasions begin with a Welcome to Country or an acknowledgement of Country.
Initially called Rose Hill, it was renamed Parramatta, an Aboriginal word meaning “head of waters,” the year after it was proclaimed a town in 1790. In its early years it was larger and of greater importance than Sydney.
Cronulla, derived from an Aboriginal word kurranulla meaning 'place of pink seashells', is located on the Bate Bay coastline in Sydney's south. It is the only Sydney beach that can be reached by…
The Gadigal people of the Eora Nation are the traditional owners of the land now called Sydney.
The Gadigal originally inhabited the area that they call "Gadi", which lies south of Port Jackson, covering today's Sydney central business district and stretching from South Head across to Marrickville/Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River; most notably Sydney Cove is located in Gadi, ...
Gadi land extended from Burrawara (South Head) through to Warrane (Sydney Cove), Gomora (Cockle Bay-Darling Harbour) possibly to Blackwattle Creek, taking in the wetland sand and dunes now known as Redfern, Erskineville, Surry Hills and Paddington, down to the Cook's River.
The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation (Eora meaning 'here' or 'from this place') are the Traditional Owners and knowledge holders of the land now called Sydney - Australia's largest both in size and population.
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 ...
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, until it became extinct due to effects of ...
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, who are the traditional custodians of the land we meet on today. I would also like to pay my respects to all Elders past and present, and to the children of today who are the Elders of the future.
This is from the language for the Eora nation in Sydney (Gadigal & Darug): Warami – hello. Yanu – goodbye. Didjurigura – thanks.
Jakelin Troy, the director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at Sydney University, said there may be as few as 100 members of the original Gadigal clan living in Sydney today.
The traditional custodians of the eastern Sydney coastal area are known as the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation. There are two ways in which you can acknowledge the Aboriginal traditional custodians of the Randwick City Council area.
Bondi has been positioned as a destination for visitors for over 135 years, when Bondi Beach was officially opened to the public in 1882. Today, it is accepted that the gadigal, bidiagal and birrabirragal are clan groups that occupied the area between Sydney Harbour and Botany Bay which include the Waverley.