Wonnarua

Wonnarua people
aka: Wonnuaruah/Wonarua/Wannerawa[1]
Hunter Region bioregion
Hierarchy
Language family:Pama–Nyungan
Language branch:Yuin–Kuric
Language group:(??)
Group dialects:Hunter River and Lake Macquarie Language (Awabakal-Wanarruwa)[2]
Area (approx. 5,200 sq. km)
Bioregion:Hunter Region
Location:Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales
Coordinates:32°35′S 150°50′E / 32.583°S 150.833°E / -32.583; 150.833[1]
Mountains:
Rivers
Other geological:Yengo National Park[6]
Notable individuals
Jackey Jackey

The Wonnarua people, otherwise written Wanarruwa, are a group of Aboriginal Australian people united by strong ties of kinship, and who survived in family groups or clans scattered along the inland area of what is now known as the Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley.[8]

  1. ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 201.
  2. ^ Hobson 2010, p. 110.
  3. ^ Miller 1887, pp. 352–357.
  4. ^ McCarthy 2015.
  5. ^ Tindale 1974.
  6. ^ a b Strategic Plan 2009–2019.
  7. ^ Frick 2014.
  8. ^ Maitland History: Wonnarua People.