Cammeraygal

The Cammeraygal, variously spelled as Cam-mer-ray-gal, Gamaraigal, Kameraigal, Cameragal and several other variations,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn are one clan of the 29 Darug tribes who are united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans that inhabited the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Template:Sfn

Traditional lands and customs

The traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people are now contained within much of the North Sydney, Willoughby, Mosman, Manly and Warringah local government areas.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn The Cammeraygal people lived in the area until the 1820s and are recorded as being in the northern parts of the Sydney region for approximately 5,800 years.Template:Sfn

According to early British colonial texts, the Cammeraygal were considered to be the socially dominant clan in the Sydney region. Cammeraygal men conducted the initiation ceremonies over the youths of the neighbouring Gadigal clan which involved the ritual extraction of an upper anterior central incisor tooth.

Legacy

The suburb of Cammeray and Cammeraygal High School, located in the suburb of Crows Nest, are named after the Cammeraygal people. The name Cammeraygal is ensigned on the North Sydney Council emblem. In 1999, North Sydney Council erected a monument in honour of the Cammeraygal tribe, the traditional owners of the North Sydney area.Template:Sfn

Notable Cammeraygal people

• Barangaroo, the second wife of BennelongTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

See also

• List of Indigenous Australian group names