Eagle-hawk- local tribes [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

["Whitworth, Benjamin - BRS" <>]

I should have been clearer

The Ngarigo tribal area occurs S of Molonglo River from Yarralumla/Queanbeyan past Cooma to almost the border. Then West into mountains to Tumbarumba.

Ngunnawal tribal area occurs North from Yarralumla, to Yass, East to Goulburn, S to Molonglo River. I think that is right. There is another less known tribe with an area West of Ngunnawal (Tumut) maybe related to Ngarigo.

Clans had an area within this, each clan had a totem. It is thought the ‘tablelands/highland’ tribes (above) had similar languages because words overlapped.

 

Reading the book is so sad because there are records of brolgas, bustards (many around Yass/Boorowa), emus, koalas, giant crayfish (1kg), and waterbirds so thick the sky turned dark. Not to mention all the small marsupials and grassland species of plants.

 

As Ian says, the totem names are early lawyers/interested explorers/settlers (Europeans) interpretations of Aboriginal names/explanations. That is interesting in itself.

Benj

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