Wonnarua

Wonnarua people
aka: Wanaruah, Wanaruwa, Wonnuaruah, Wannerawa, Wonarura and Wonnahare Wonnarua (AIATSIS), nd (SIL)
Hunter Region bioregion
Hierarchy
Language family:	Pama–Nyungan
Language branch:	Yuin–Kuric
Language group:	(??)
Group dialects:	Awabakal; Darkinjung
Area (approx. 5,200 sq. km)
Bioregion:	Hunter Region
Location:	Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Coordinates:	32°35′S 150°50′E / 32.583°S 150.833°E / -32.583; 150.833Coordinates: 32°35′S 150°50′E / 32.583°S 150.833°E / -32.583; 150.833
Mountains:	Liverpool Range; Barrington Tops
Rivers	Upper Hunter River; Allyn River; Williams River
Other geological:	Yengo National Park
Notable individuals
Jackey Jackey

The Wonnarua people /hwənʊərjuːɑːr/, a group of indigenous people of Australia, are those Australian Aborigines 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 inland area of what is now known as the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional territory spreads from the Upper Hunter River, near Maitland west to the Great Dividing Range, towards Wollombi.

Meaning people of the hills and plains, the Wonnarua were bounded to the south by the Darkinjung, to the north–west by the Nganyaywana, to the north–east by the Awabakal, and to the south–east by the Worimi peoples. The Wonnarua also had trade and ceremonial links with the Kamilaroi people. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley.

A range of alternate names for the Wonnarua people are Wanaruah, Wanaruwa, Wonnuaruah, Wannerawa, Wonarura, and Wonnahare.

The Gringai are a known clan of the Worimi people, whose traditional lands are the Allyn River valley, and include what is now known as Dungog, Paterson, Gresford, Brookfield,, to the headwaters of the Williams and Chichester rivers. Gringai land also includes the southern valleys of the Barrington Tops.