Awabakal people

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The Awabakal people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose traditional lands encompass the coastal and lake regions around present-day Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Awabakal people canonical 5
Eora Nation 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Australia
colonialImpact dispossession of land
disruption of traditional culture
population decline after European settlement
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
fire-stick farming
song and dance traditions
storytelling
ethnicity Aboriginal Australian
hasEthnonym Awaba people
Awabakal
hasHeritageRecognition acknowledged in local government area acknowledgements of country
associated with Aboriginal sites around Lake Macquarie
associated with Aboriginal sites around Newcastle
hasOrganisation Awabakal Ltd
Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Cooperative
hasTotemicSystem yes
language Awabakal language
languageBranch Yuin–Kuric languages
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus revival language
modernPopulationDistribution Lake Macquarie
Newcastle
broader Hunter Region
nativeTitleStatus subject to contemporary land rights and native title processes in New South Wales
nearbyCity Newcastle, New South Wales
nearbyWaterBody Lake Macquarie
Tasman Sea
preColonialLifestyle hunter-gatherer
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting land animals
plant food gathering
shellfish gathering
traditionalLandIncludes Lake Macquarie
coastal areas around Newcastle
parts of the lower Hunter River region
traditionalRegion Hunter Region
Lake Macquarie urban area
surface form: Lake Macquarie region

New South Wales
Newcastle region
usesResource forest resources
lake resources
marine resources

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Lake Macquarie traditionalOwners Awabakal people
Yengo National Park traditionalOwners Awabakal people
Wonnarua people neighbouringPeople Awabakal people
Worimi people hasNeighbouringGroup Awabakal people
Woollarawarre Bennelong partOf Awabakal people
this entity surface form: Eora Nation
Pulbah Island traditionalOwners Awabakal people