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The Awabakal People
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The Awabakal People
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Location
The Awabakal people are a Aboriginal Australian people group that are located around the mid coast of NSW. Their land spreads from Wollombi and goes all the way up to the lower hunter river in north Newcastle. Their land also stretches out towards Brunkerville and across the Sweetmans creek. They are the traditional custodians of the Lake Macquarie, Watagan and Newcastle areas.
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Language
The Awabakal tribe belongs to the larger Awabagal/Gadjang subgroup, also called Worimi of the Pama-Nyungan languages. It had two dialects, each spoken by the contiguous Wonnarua and Cameeragal.
Language
Culture of the Awabakal people
Culture
The Awabakal people played a significant part in shaping the environment of their region. They practised fire-stick farming extensively, which helped them to hunt and to navigate through dense prickly scrub along the coast. They were noted as being strong and determined defenders of their territory, the means by which the defence occurred need to be explored to deepen understanding of the culture. The eaglehawk or wedge-tailed eagle has special significance for the Awabakal people. Kon, their “celestial entity”, looks like an Aboriginal man, but in flight resembles an eagle-hawk.
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How do they contribute to the community?
History
They have art centres to display their cultural art and they run preschool and cultural edcautions to teach people about the culture and community before colonization. They share there dream time stories to young children teaching them their beliefs and histories.