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Traditional Owner Groups

• Ngunnawal
  Phonetic

  Ngunawal

  Description

  The Ngunnawal people, also spelt Ngunawal, are an Aboriginal people of southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia.
• Wiradjuri
  Phonetic

  [wira?jd?u?raj]

  Description

  The Wiradjuri people (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation [wira?jd?u?raj]; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation [wira?j?u?raj]) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, and many still use knowledge of hunting and gathering techniques as part of their customary life.