NUGUNWAL ARE IN THE CITY OF CANBERRA. THEY MET EUROPEANS IN 1820'S. THEIR NEIGHBORS WERE OF THE YUIN. THE NAGIGO WERE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS. THE NGAMBERRI ARE A SMALL FAMILY CLAN OF THE WIRADJURI NATION. THEY SPEAK NGUNAWAL. THEY HAVE DIRECT EVIDENCE THAT THESE FOLKS WERE HERE AGAIN 20,000 YEARS AGO AND IT POSSIBLY GOES BACK FURTHER. THESE ORIGINAL PEOPLE MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY RELATED, BUT THE NGUMAWAL PEOPLE HAVE LORE AND TRADITIONS 0F LENGTHY ASSOCIATIONS. BEGINNING IN THE 1820'S THEY WERE DISPLACED FROM CANBERRA WHEN SHEPARDS CAME HERE. IN 1826 A THOUSAND ABORIGINES AT LAKE GEORGE PROTESTED AN INCIDENT WITH A SHEPARD AND AN ABORIGINAL WOMAN.
IN 2007 THE MGUNNAWAL WOMAN MATILDA HOUSE WAS THE FIRST INDIGENOUS PERSON TO WELCOME TO THIS COUNTRY. IN 1998 THE NGUNNAWAL CHAIRMAN SPOKE AT A MEETING ON COUNTRY OF WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE NGUNNAI TRIBE HAVE BEEN CUSTODIANS FOR MANY CENTURIES AND ON WHICH MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE PERFORMED AGE OLD CEREMONIES AND RENEWAL.
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