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Traditional Owner Groups

• Wonnarua
  Phonetic

  Wanarruwa

  Description

  The Wonnarua people, otherwise written Wanarruwa, are a group of Aboriginal Australian people united by strong ties of kinship, and who survived in family groups or clans scattered along the inland area of what is now known as the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley.
• Awabakal
  Phonetic

  /?'w?b?gæl/

  Description

  The Awabakal people /?'w?b?gæl/, are those Aboriginal Australians who identify with or are descended from the Awabakal tribe and its clans, Indigenous to the coastal area of what is now known as the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Their traditional territory spread from Wollombi in the west, to the Lower Hunter River near Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in the north.
• Darkinjung
  Phonetic

  Darkinjung

  Description

  The traditional boundaries of Darkinjung (Darkinyung) land extend from the Hawkesbury River in the south, Lake Macquarie in the north, the McDonald River and Wollombi up to Mt Yengo in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the East.

  Website

  https://www.darkinjung.com.au/culture-and-heritage/

  Phone

  (02) 4351 2930

  Email

  DARKINJUNG@DLALC.ORG.AU