Gundungurra people | |
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aka: Gundungurra, Gundungari, Gundanora, Gurragunga, Burragorang (Tindale)[1] | |
Hierarchy | |
Language family: | Gundungurra people have their own language, which shares many similarities with the Ngunnawal language |
Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
Language group: | Ngunnawal |
Group dialects: | Gundangara |
Area (approx. 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi)) | |
Bioregion: | Southern Highlands, Cumberland Plain, Sydney basin |
Location: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Coordinates: | 34°20′S 150°0′E / 34.333°S 150.000°E[1] |
Mountains: | Blue Mountains, Great Dividing Range, Southern Highlands |
Rivers: | Avon, Cataract, Cordeaux, Coxs, Georges, Nepean, Warragamba, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly |
Other geological: | Illawarra escarpment |
Notable individuals |
The Gandangara people, also spelt Gundungara, Gandangarra, Gundungurra and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional lands include present day Goulburn, Wollondilly Shire, The Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands.