Awabakal people
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The Awabakal are an Indigenous Australian people
of coastal New South Wales
.
Awaba is the word for Lake Macquarie – Awabakal therefore meaning people of Lake Macquarie. Europeans named a small town on the Awaba.
The Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co-op was established in 1976 and is responsible for Aboriginal affairs in this region.
According to Norman Tindale
, at the time of European contact they were bordered by the Worimi to the northeast, the Wonnarua
to the northwest, and the Darkinjang
to the west and south.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
of coastal New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
.
Awaba is the word for Lake Macquarie – Awabakal therefore meaning people of Lake Macquarie. Europeans named a small town on the Awaba.
The Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co-op was established in 1976 and is responsible for Aboriginal affairs in this region.
According to Norman Tindale
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. Born in Perth, his family moved to Tokyo from 1907 to 1915, where his father worked as an accountant at the Salvation Army mission in Japan. Soon after returning to Australia, Tindale got a job at the South...
, at the time of European contact they were bordered by the Worimi to the northeast, the Wonnarua
Wonnarua
The Wonnarua people are an Aboriginal Australian people whose territory is located in the Hunter Valley of Australia.-External links:* Accessed 15 May 2010* Accessed 15 May 2010* Accessed 16 May 2010...
to the northwest, and the Darkinjang
Darkinjung people
The Darkinjung are the in the Wyong and area and is a major landowner on the Central Coast, participating in formal joint management of some areas of state forest in the region. It represents over 450 local Aboriginal residents...
to the west and south.