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Ngunnawal Country
Jul. 6th, 2015 05:16 pmI wish to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the traditional owners and custodians of land on which I am writing today
There is some dispute, but for the most part, Canberra and the ACT is recognised as being Ngunnawal country. The people were once hunter-gatherers and resources specific to the area were Bogong moths in the summer and Yam Daisies in the lowlands.
The community has been here for at least 20,000 years and is still living here. The earliest direct evidence is a rock shelter near Tharwa that is 20,000 years old.
...That's a rather pitiful amount of knowledge really. Hopefully I will learn more this week.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngunnawal
http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/downloads/education_and_understanding/factsheets/1%20NgunnawalCountry.pdf
There is some dispute, but for the most part, Canberra and the ACT is recognised as being Ngunnawal country. The people were once hunter-gatherers and resources specific to the area were Bogong moths in the summer and Yam Daisies in the lowlands.
The community has been here for at least 20,000 years and is still living here. The earliest direct evidence is a rock shelter near Tharwa that is 20,000 years old.
...That's a rather pitiful amount of knowledge really. Hopefully I will learn more this week.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngunnawal
http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/downloads/education_and_understanding/factsheets/1%20NgunnawalCountry.pdf