Ngunnawal people

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Aboriginal Australian people Indigenous people of Australia

The Ngunnawal people are an Aboriginal Australian group recognized as the traditional custodians of the Canberra region and surrounding areas of the Australian Capital Territory and southern New South Wales.

Aliases (2)

Ngunawal ×1
Ngunnawal ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Aboriginal Australian people → Indigenous people of Australia →
acknowledgedIn	Acknowledgement of Country statements in the ACT → Welcome to Country ceremonies in Canberra →
associatedWithCity	Canberra →
continent	Australia →
country	Australia →
ethnicity	Aboriginal Australian →
hasAlternativeName	Ngunawal → Ngunnawal → Ngunnawal nation NERFINISHED →
hasCulturalHeritage	burial sites → rock art sites → scarred trees → stone artefact scatters →
hasCulturalPractice	Dreaming stories → ceremonial gatherings → connection to Country → traditional land management →
hasHistoricalExperience	British colonisation → dispossession of land → frontier conflict →
hasOngoingIssue	cultural heritage protection → land rights claims →
hasRepresentativeBody	United Ngunnawal Elders Council →
hasTraditionalTerritoryFeature	Brindabella Range → Lake George region → Molonglo River NERFINISHED → Murrumbidgee River NERFINISHED →
language	Ngunnawal language →
languageBranch	Yuin–Kuric languages →
languageFamily	Pama–Nyungan languages →
nativeTo	Canberra district → Murrumbidgee River region → Yass region →
neighbouringGroup	Ngambri people NERFINISHED → Ngarigo people NERFINISHED → Walgalu people → Wiradjuri people NERFINISHED →
partOf	South‑eastern Australian Aboriginal peoples →
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersBy	Australian Capital Territory Government → Australian Government →
region	Australian Capital Territory → Canberra region → southern New South Wales →
religion	Australian Aboriginal spirituality →
traditionalCustodiansOf	Australian Capital Territory → Canberra region → southern New South Wales →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ngunnawal people ("Ngunnawal") → Ngunnawal people ("Ngunawal") →	hasAlternativeName
Mount Ainslie → Namadgi National Park →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Boorowa → Canberra →	traditionalOwners