Cammeraygal
| Cammeraygal people | |
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| aka: Cam-mer-ray-gal, Camerray-ga, Camera-gal, Cammeraa, Cam-meray, Kemmirai-gal, Gamaraigal, Cameragal, Kem:arai, Kemmaraigal and Kameraigal (referring to a group) (AIATSIS), nd (SIL) | |
The traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people were located in the Sydney Basin bioregion
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A cave known to shelter Cammeraygal people at Chatswood West
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| Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language group: | Yora |
| Group dialects: | Dharug (also called Eora) |
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| Bioregion: | Sydney Basin |
| Location: | Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates: | 33°50′S 151°12′E / 33.833°S 151.200°ECoordinates: 33°50′S 151°12′E / 33.833°S 151.200°E |
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The Cammeraygal, variously spelled as Cam-mer-ray-gal, Gamaraigal, Kameraigal, Cameragal and several other variations, are an indigenous Australian group of people who were united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans that inhabited the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Norman Tindale notes the Cammeraygal as a clan of the Eora people, who in turn formed part of the larger Kuringgai.
The traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people are now contained within much of the North Sydney, Willoughby, Mosman, Manly and Warringah local government areas. The Cammeraygal people lived in the area until the 1820s and are recorded as being in the northern parts of the Sydney region for approximately 5,800 years.
The name Cammeraygal is ensigned on the North Sydney Municipal emblem. The North Sydney suburb of Cammeray and the Cammeraygal High School located in the North Sydney suburb of Greenwich are named after the Cammeraygal people. In 1999, the North Sydney Council erected a monument in honour of the Cammeraygal tribe who were the traditional owners of the North Sydney area.
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