Awabakal people
| Awabakal people | |
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aka: Awabagal, Awaba, Kuri, and Ninyowa (Tindale) Awabakala (AIATSIS), AWK AWABAKAL (SIL) |
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Mid North Coast bioregion
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language group: | Kuri |
| Group dialects: | Awabakal |
| Area (approx. 1,800 sq. km) | |
| Bioregion: | Mid North Coast |
| Location: | Mid North Coast, New South Wales |
| Coordinates: | 33°5′S 151°30′E / 33.083°S 151.500°ECoordinates: 33°5′S 151°30′E / 33.083°S 151.500°E |
| Other geological: | Lake Macquarie |
| Notable individuals | |
| Biraban | |
The Awabakal people /əˈwɒbəɡæl/, a group of indigenous people of Australia, are those Aboriginal Australians that were united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans scattered along the coastal area of what is now known as the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional territory spreads from Wollombi in the south, to the Lower Hunter River near Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in the north.
In the traditional language, Awaba is the word for Lake Macquarie, meaning flat or plain surface; hence, Awabakal was used to describe people of the area. The Awabakal were bounded to the north–west by the Wonnarua, the Worimi to the north–east, and the Darkinjung peoples to the west and south. The Awabakal people, like most of the Aboriginal Australian tribes in Australia, still live in their native homelands.
Awabagal is a common alternate name for the Awabakal people. Awaba is now the name of a small town in the region.
Tindale claims that the Ninyowa clan were from the Newcastle area.
The Awabakal language was used by the Awabakal people and also by the Wonnarua people. Oral historians and linguists are reviewing the language in order to develop a comprehensive dictionary of the language of the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie regions.
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