Walgalu
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The Walgalu are an Aboriginal people of highland southeast New South Wales, Australia. The Ngambri may belong to the Walgalu grouping, but are often treated separately.
Language
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Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Walgalu's traditional lands consisted of some Script error: No such module "convert". of territory centering around the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee and Tumut rivers. Kiandra was located within their boundaries, whose southern extension ran down Tintaldra, and whose northeastern limits were at Queanbeyan.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Josephine Flood argued, on the basis of a note in Alfred William Howitt, that they were attested as far south as the upper Murray site of Kauwambal between Mount Kosciuszko and Mount Cobberas, which would place their summer camping somewhat west of the Djilamatang.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
According to Steven Avery, culture group boundaries in southeastern Australia are disputed, due in part to the inexactitude of linguistically assigned boundaries and the uncertainty of historical records.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The Cooma local government website, based on recent research, differentiates between two Aboriginal groups which resided in their region, stating that "the two main groups on Monaro were the Ngarigo people of the tablelands and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country."Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Alternative names
- Guramal (Wiradjuri language = "hostile men")
- Gurmal
- Tumut River people
- Tumut tribe
- Walgadu
- Wolgah
- Wolgal
- Murrin
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