The Ngarigo is the
Aboriginal people groupAustralian Aborigines are a class of people who are identified by Australian law as being members of a race indigenous to the Australian continent....
whose traditional lands lie south-east of the
CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
area ,
According to
Norman TindaleNorman Barnett Tindale was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. Born in Perth, his family moved to Tokyo from 1907 to 1915, where his father worked as an accountant at the Salvation Army mission in Japan. Soon after returning to Australia, Tindale got a job at the South...
in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal people groups, the specific areas lands of the
Ngarigo are
the MonaroMonaro may refer to several topics:* Monaro, New South Wales is a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia* the Monaro Highway is the main state highway from Canberra to the Monaro region...
tableland north to Queanbeyan; Bombala RiverBombala means "meeting of the waters" in the Aboriginal language. The head of the Bombala River is in the Brown Mountain area with other rivers running into it. The one that meets it at Bombala is the Coolumbooka River. The river than meanders along to the Quidong River where it also meets the...
from near DelegateA delegate is a person representing an organization at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level A delegate is a person representing an organization (e.g., a government, a charity, an NGO,a trade union) at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level A...
to Nimmitabel; west to divide of the Australian AlpsThe Australian Alps are the highest mountain ranges of mainland Australia. They are located in south-eastern Australia and straddle the Australian Capital Territory, south-eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria...
. The WiradjuriThe Wiradjuri are an Indigenous Australian group of central New South Wales.In the 21st century, major Wiradjuri groups live in Condobolin, Peak Hill, Narrandera and Griffith...
considered the Ngarigo and WalgaluThe Walgalu one of the two aboriginal peoples who originally lived in the region now occupied by Canberra, the capital of Australia, and is officially recognized as the original indigenous australian custodian of country...
as one people using the name Guramal which has the basic meaning of ['gurai] or 'hostile people.' CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, the capital city of the federal capital territory is very close to the boundary line between this and the Ngunawal tribe.
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The Ngarigo is the
Aboriginal people groupAustralian Aborigines are a class of people who are identified by Australian law as being members of a race indigenous to the Australian continent....
whose traditional lands lie south-east of the
CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
area ,
According to
Norman TindaleNorman Barnett Tindale was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist and entomologist. Born in Perth, his family moved to Tokyo from 1907 to 1915, where his father worked as an accountant at the Salvation Army mission in Japan. Soon after returning to Australia, Tindale got a job at the South...
in his 1974 catalogue of Australian Aboriginal people groups, the specific areas lands of the
Ngarigo are
the MonaroMonaro may refer to several topics:* Monaro, New South Wales is a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia* the Monaro Highway is the main state highway from Canberra to the Monaro region...
tableland north to Queanbeyan; Bombala RiverBombala means "meeting of the waters" in the Aboriginal language. The head of the Bombala River is in the Brown Mountain area with other rivers running into it. The one that meets it at Bombala is the Coolumbooka River. The river than meanders along to the Quidong River where it also meets the...
from near DelegateA delegate is a person representing an organization at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level A delegate is a person representing an organization (e.g., a government, a charity, an NGO,a trade union) at a meeting or conference between organizations of the same level A...
to Nimmitabel; west to divide of the Australian AlpsThe Australian Alps are the highest mountain ranges of mainland Australia. They are located in south-eastern Australia and straddle the Australian Capital Territory, south-eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria...
. The WiradjuriThe Wiradjuri are an Indigenous Australian group of central New South Wales.In the 21st century, major Wiradjuri groups live in Condobolin, Peak Hill, Narrandera and Griffith...
considered the Ngarigo and WalgaluThe Walgalu one of the two aboriginal peoples who originally lived in the region now occupied by Canberra, the capital of Australia, and is officially recognized as the original indigenous australian custodian of country...
as one people using the name Guramal which has the basic meaning of ['gurai] or 'hostile people.' CanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, the capital city of the federal capital territory is very close to the boundary line between this and the Ngunawal tribe. In winter these tableland people sometimes came down to the surrounding territories for shelter, hence their reputation for aggressiveness.
The Cooma government web site states that the two main groups on
MonaroMonaro may refer to several topics:* Monaro, New South Wales is a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia* the Monaro Highway is the main state highway from Canberra to the Monaro region...
were the
Ngarigo people of the
tablelandsMonaro is the name of a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia. A small area of Victoria near Snowy River National Park is geographically part of the Monaro, whilst the Australian Capital Territory is frequently considered part of the region: most towns have very close links with...
and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country.