Wiradjuri spiritual beliefs were organised around a network of sacred sites associated with mythical heroes known as jin[ref]Jin are sometimes referred to as totems and colloquially as meat.[/ref]. J. [55] It is claimed that the Gundagai community developed a special affinity with the Wiradjuri people and that the flood and its aftermath was the birthplace of reconciliation. In December 1821, Macquarie resigned partly due to undermining forces within his own government. Cross, London, pp. [44], The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai has been a place of numerous bunyip sightings. [67] Three days later Macquarie inaugurated the town of Bathurst, then continued to tour the surrounding country. SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia. 1), "18 Nov 1908 Snake Plague at Gundagai. Hopefully this exhibition will uncover even more information about Diana Mudgee and enable a more complete family tree of her descendants to be compiled. On the death of a distinguished Wiradjuri, initiated men would strip the bark off a tree to allow them to incise symbols on the side of the trunk which faced the burial mound. WebThe Wiradjuri inhabited an area bounded by the Blue Mountains in the east, the western slopes in the south, and the change of open forest to grassy plains in the north and west. Some of the better known and accessible sites include Hands on the Rocks; The Drip; Babyfoot Cave. While Windradyne and his warriors engaged the area north-east of Bathurst, to the south related tribes also attacked, terrorising settlers and driving off cattle. The short story Death in the Dawntime, originally published in The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Mike Ashley, editor; 1995), is a murder mystery that takes place entirely among the Wiradjuri people before the arrival of Europeans in Australia. The resulting roadworks would reduce travel time from about 40 to 29 minutes. He writes that there was such a "literary need for major groupings that [Fraser] set out to provide them for New South Wales, coining entirely artificial terms for his 'Great tribes'. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. She said sacred men's and women's places would also be "lost forever". [25] John Bloomquist, who was camped in a hollow tree on the Gundagai Golf links, was horribly burned and died when the tree was struck by lightning in 1932. (, Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages, Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, "What's in a name? Click on the link below to order your copy. In the early 2000s the Mudgee Historical Society assistedAIATSIS(the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander Studies), an organization based in Canberra, in compiling an extensive history of Diana Mudgee, an Aboriginal woman who was born in 1826 in the Mudgee district where she lived most of her life apart from a short break at Mulgoa with the Cox family. Goethe was one of the key figures of Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His experience of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars of 17951816 may also have made him hesitant to start a new conflict. WebThe most easterly groups of the Wiradjuri Nation were the tribes whom Windradyne became leader. [9], In early 1824, on the river flats opposite of the town of Bathurst, a farmer in a friendly gesture offered a group of passing Wiradjuri people some potatoes. [11][12], The Wiradjuri are the largest Aboriginal group in New South Wales. Collecting, displaying and promoting the history and culture of the Mudgee District. After Governor Thomas Brisbane declared martial law the resistance soon collapsed in late 1824. Sometimes one-half of him would appear to those he chose to favour with his presence, and at other times, the other half was seen. [16] In an ambush, the stationhands were chased back and in the retreat three Wiradjuri warriors were shot. Windradyne himself had a reward of 500 acres of land upon his head. 1828, Interview with Goethe, p.181, James Macarthur, in 'Quadrant Volume 12', 1968, H.R. However, all of these attempts failed and it was to be over 20 years before a way across was found. My father's cheerful courage and friendly tone disarmed animosity. Source: AAP, Juukan Gorge inquiry: Pilbara Traditional Owners concerned about the future of their sacred sites. Whatever springs spontaneously from the earth or without labour is theirs also. [12][13] There has also been numerous reports of earth tremors rattling through Gundagai since European settlement.[14][15][16]. Some of the ceremonies held at sacred sites are a re-creation of the events which created the site during The Dreaming. [58], Gundagai has recorded several ghost and will-o'-the-wisp sightings. The tribes led by Windradyne lived in the eastern parts of this territory, connected to the other groups by a common language as well as cultural and trade links. His reward was to stand on a high point (Mount Pleasant) at the edge of Bathurst township and declare his right to all the land he could see. [20] It included unlimited and unrestricted water rights to the Macquarie River. The Wiradjuri inhabited an area bounded by the Blue Mountains in the east, the western slopes in the south, and the change of open forest to grassy plains in the north and west. The journey took nine days by coach from Parramatta and on arrival Macquarie's welcoming ceremony was observed by seven Wiradjuri. '[19], Colonel William Stewart, appointed Head of NSW Police and Lt Governor of the Colony helped oversee some of the government response to the Bathurst Uprising. [8] A meteor seen at Gundagai on New Year's Day, 1876 was reported to have lit up the streets as though with magnesium wire,[9] and over four inches of rain fell in two hours during a dreadful storm at Gundagai in 1885. Elder and WTOCWAC co-director Uncle Brian Grant said a more suitable location should be identified. Oak groves and muses featured in some succeeding cultural depictions of Gundagai no doubt assigned by early settlers who had received the benefits of an education in the classics, such as Charles Tompson, claimed to be Australia's first published native-born poet and whose father had possession of a large tract of land at Gundagai in the 1830s; and James Macarthur son of John Macarthur, Australian wool pioneer, who met up with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Europe[35] and who with his brother William Macarthur had possession of Nangus Station at Nangus, Gundagai. In his journal, Macquarie writes of being visited by three male natives and that "to the best looking and stoutest of them I gave a piece of yellow cloth in exchange for his mantle, which he presented me with". The group has drawn up an alternative route further north, which avoidthe sites. The Right Reverend Trevor Edwards Vicar General of the Anglican Church and Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, commented in September 2011, on the stories held within the walls of St John's Church Gundagai when he led the commemoration of the laying of the foundation stone of that church in 1861[43] Outside the walls of the St John's church at Gundagai are also the stories of multiple events and aspects of culture not the least the two oak trees outside the Anglican Rectory. The enormous influx of British colonists put massive strain on the traditional food sources[citation needed] and sacred landmarks of the Wiradjuri. WTOCWAC said a key finding of an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report conducted in 2018 revealed that Wahluu was likely a place of mythological and spiritual importance to Wiradyuri people. A man with no head called 'Craypton' lived up on 'Killimicat' and would ride down the mountain of a night on a horse. & SA); Barkunjee (Barkindji) (NSW), Kurnai (Vic. That means that any activities that will damage, destroy or deface the Aboriginal Place cannot be carried out unless specific consent is granted by the Director-General of the Department, which can only be granted after consultation with local Aboriginal groups. [7] So great can be some rainfall downpours at Gundagai that old mining dams have been known to fill and burst. A team of archaeologists and registered Aboriginal parties conducted preliminary digs last year. In dry seasons, they ate kangaroos, emus and food gathered from the land, including fruit, nuts, Declaring an area an Aboriginal Place is a way of formally recognising the cultural attachment Aboriginal people have to land, to Country. In that context 'Gundagai' means place of birds but that placename may refer to the area to the north of Gundagai not to Gundagai town. The Wiradjuri were organised into bands. Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Northern Territory Indigenous leader, could not be at the gathering of esteemed senior Australians but was kept informed of the progress of talks. It seems that the Wiradjuri were willing to tolerate this slow level of growth and peaceful relations were maintained during this period. In Mudgee, the Mowgee clan extended over a 50km radius. The ghost wore a grey tweed suit and had a red beard. Bookings available on request. WebBrungle east of Wagga - sacred Wiradjuri place. If you find yourself in Dubbo or its surrounds and you come across a tree inside a cage, take note: youre treading on sacred Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri ground. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Written by James Rose (NTSCORP Senior Anthropologist). (From our various Corresp", "17 Jan 1925 Earth Tremor. Also available [online]. A spokesperson for the Bathurst Regional Council told NITV News that an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the area had been undertaken and it "revealed a lack of archaeological evidence to support the historic use of the site". For this service and for rewards to the natives who assisted in the police, I have directed 50 subject to detailed accounts of its expenditure to be at your disposal. He said a proper negotiation would see them keep at least half of the at-risk areas. Placenames such as that of Virgil Street that ascends Gundagai's Mount Parnassus lead to sites in the local landscape that for example invoke Virgil's 'Aeneid', viz there the fearsome cavern of the awesome Sybil lies, Whence came her prophecies. He wore the word "peace" on his hat and knew the British could not arrest him because of the possibility of a riot with so many Aborigines there. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Friday", "26 Oct 1904 Horses Struck by Lightning. ", Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Wagga Wagga sunset. Foot soldiers were proven to be an inadequate force on the wide plains of the interior. Investigations to date have not assessed the Mountain precinct as being rare or of research potential," it said. (From Our Own Corr", "20 Jun 1923 Ghosts at Gundagai. Sacred sites are particularly strong sources of this life force. Specific jin were connected to each section and together they regulated the marriage system [ref]The four Wiradjuri sections, also common to Gamilaraay and Ngiyampaa, were Murri, Kubbi, Ippai and Combo (along with their feminine equivalents of Matha, Kubbitha, Ippatha and Butha). In less than six months the 100-mile (160km) road had been completed. Throughout that person's life, more skins were added, with the original skin eventually buried in the cloak. Dance to Weird Music", Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gundagai_lore&oldid=1106121828, Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures, Geographic Names Register of NSW not in Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 August 2022, at 08:21. During the digs the team unearthed about 3,000 artefacts, some of which have been sent to the University of Wollongong for analysis. The Wiradjuri people (Wiradjuri northern dialect pronunciation[wirajduraj]; Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation[wirajuraj]) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. The occupation of their lands and their cultivation began to cause famine among the Wiradjuri, who had a different notion of what constituted property. Throughout NSW many landholders acknowledge and respect Aboriginal peoples attachment to particular areas. Mount Panorama in the New South Wales town of Bathurst. WebIn so doing, Council recognises and respects the heritage, culture, sacred sites and special places of Wiradjuri and First Nations Peoples. Sydney, Wednesday", "12 Nov 1929 Bitten by Snake. [3], This was in fact the land of the Wiradjuri people, one of the largest language groups in Australia. [40] Beating the Bounds, the religious form of wards, is still practised in some parishes in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Connect with stunning Wiradjuri Country on a guided tour with Milan Dhiiyaan in Goulburn River National Park. [50] In 1924 an eastern brown snake that had hidden under a home, was enticed out after 'Yes, We have No Bananas', 'The Road to Gundagai' and finally 'Come into the Garden Maud', were played on the harmonica. [48] George Bennett, English born Australian physician and naturalist, recorded at Gundagai in the 1830s that the black snake was the wife of the brown so that may have meant in the biblical sense. One site under threatis a sacred possum skin dreaming area on River Lett Hill. According to oral tradition, in Mudgee, the Mowgee clan extended over a 50 km radius. Governor Darling formalised the grant of 3200 acres in 1826. One tall and shadowy supernatural visitant that appeared from under a culvert in Gundagai in 1869, severely alarmed a horse and its rider, and exhibited a livid, phosphoric light such as a rotting fish might display. Book now. The next thing known of them is that they killed all the men at a settler's place some miles distant, the very place where it was rumoured, the poisoned bread had been laid for them. These declarations are a conservation tool and advance the recognition, protection and understanding of Aboriginal cultural values throughout NSW. George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip, commented that Gundagai was remarkable for its nomenclature when passing through the town in 1844. They consulted in an undertone, and departed as sullenly and noiselessly as they came. He took his name from John Gilmour, owner of Genanagie Station. The historical records, original deeds and agreements are held by the family at "Strath" Bathurst. Available [online], Horton, J., (1838), 'Six Months in South Australia: Ride of Six Hundred Miles From Sydney to Melbourne Through the District of Illawarra', [7][8], Wiradjuri is a PamaNyungan family and classified as a member of the small Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages of Central New South Wales. It included native title claimants and four local Aboriginal land councils. President of the Gundagai and District Historical Society, Wilkie Watson Publications, Tumut, p.50. AND WHEREAS the ordinary Powers of the CIVIL MAGISTRATES (although most anxiously exerted) have failed to protect the Lives of HIS MAJESTY'S Subjects; and every conciliatory Measure has been pursued in vain; and the Slaughter of Black Women and Children and Unoffending White Men, as well as of the lawless Objects of Terror, continue to threaten the before mentioned Districts; AND WHEREAS by Experience, it hath been found that mutual Bloodshed may be stopped by the Use of Arms against the Natives beyond the ordinary Rule of Law in Time of Peace, and for this End Resort to summary Justice has become necessary: NOW THEREFORE, by Virtue of the Authority in me vested by His Majesty's Royal Commission, I do declare, in Order to restore Tranquillity, MARTIAL LAW TO BE IN ALL THE COUNTRY WESTWARD OF MOUNT YORK; And all Soldiers are hereby ordered to assist and obey their lawful Superiors in suppressing the Violences aforesaid; and all His Majesty's Subjects are also called upon to assist the MAGISTRATES in executing such Measures, as any one or more of the said Magistrates shall direct to be taken for the same purpose, by such Ways and Means as are expedient, so long as Martial Law shall last; being always mindful that the Shedding of Blood is only just, where all other Means of Defence or of Peace are exhausted; that Cruelty is never Lawful; and that, when personal Attacks become necessary, the helpless Women and Children are to be spared. Biami and the others also travelled and created; some stories told of their interactions with jin[ref]Mathews 1895, 1897, 1898; for general information on totems, see Gammage 2011: 125-129.[/ref]. The protective benefits of declaration can be augmented by using other tools such asPlans of Management. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Governor Macquarie was presented with one of these cloaks by a Wiradjuri man when he visited Bathurst in 1815.[2]. During a thunderstorm near Gundagai in 1876, an electric fire-ball was seen to issue from the clouds, strike the earth, and explode with a loud noise, singeing Constable Macalister's hair and whiskers, and leaving a blue mark on his side. This meaning presupposes that for there to be a knee there is a leg and a body which there is. Aboriginal Places protect a range of cultural values, including former Aboriginal reserves and missions; land containing Aboriginal burials; important meeting places and ceremonial sites; important post-contact historical events, such as massacres and birthplaces of notable Aboriginal people; places with dreaming stories and other spiritual significance; and places with Aboriginal artefacts requiring special recognition and protection. This is because one of the main jobs of trackers was to pursue sheep, cattle and horse thieves. There were at least 18 Wiradjuri jin and probably many more. [57] The Mirriyolla Ghost Dog is also known of in Cootamundra a few miles to the north-west of Gundagai and lives in the Bethungra Range that is partly in Gundagai Shire. Krygier on behalf of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1968, Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, Australian Association for Cultural Freedom, p.381, National Library of Australia, Digital Collections, Maps, Reuss & Browne. Jin were inherited from a persons mothers mother along with the responsibility for maintaining associated sites. The Sydney Gazette described the situation in the following: Advices from Bathurst say that the natives have been very troublesome in that country. WebSummary: The Dubbo Wiradjuri Tourism Centre will deliver an Aboriginal cultural experience truly unique to Dubbo, and support the further development of the Dubbo Royal Visitors Leave", http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24332900-5013172,00.html, "The Sydney Morning Herald. 73-74Available [online], George Augustus Robinson 'Report of a Journey of two thousand two hundred miles to the Tribes of the Coast and Eastern Interior during the year 1844', ca.1844, MLMSS 7335, State Library of NSW, Available [online], 'Parkes, W. 1952, Letter to Tindale from Parkes, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Manuscript Collection, database 162, p.96, Department of Environment and Conservation NSW, 2004, 'Aboriginal Women's Heritage: Brungle and Tumut', Department of Environment and Conservation NSW, p.42. The government centre at Swallow Creek was soon abandoned in fear of attack. Contact with the Europeans was disastrous for the Wiradjuri whose numbers were soon decimated. [11], Similar to other inland areas in Australia, the Gundagai area has often been visited by tornadoes, particularly in dry times. Governor Brisbane's declaration read: WHEREAS THE ABORIGINAL NATIVES of the Districts near Bathurst have for many Weeks past carried on a Series of indiscriminate Attacks on the Stock Station there, putting some of the Keepers to cruel Deaths, wounding others, and dispersing and plundering the Flocks and Herds; themselves not escaping sanguinary Retaliations. The electric charge travelled along the fence wire. (From", "Severe Weather in the South. The Wiradjuri nation was split and sub-split into many tribes. According to oral tradition, in Mudgee, the Mowgee clan extended over a 50 km radius. The Mowgee womens totem was the wedge tail eagle (Mullian) and the mens totem the crow (Waggan). They settled around the Cudgegong River, using its resources for food, and water. [14], The Wiradjuri continued to launch attacks on the settlers, engaging in numerous skirmishes which were consistently followed by settler reprisals, typically on Aboriginal warriors attempting to bury their casualties. The farmer then fired upon the group and in the mayhem several Wurudjuri people were killed and some wounded. "[7], He goes on to list the Bangarang[a] They extended southwest to the vicinity of Hay and Narrandera. WebDeclared Aboriginal Places of Significance Wollundry Lagoon & Tony Ireland Park, Wiradjuri Reserve & Gobba Beach, Bomen Lagoon, Bomen Axe Quarry and Flowerdale From here they saw a vast expanse of forest and grass in which Blaxland wrote was rich enough "to support the stock of the colony for the next thirty years". Gundagai, Tuesday", "20 Dec 1904 Two Boys Struck by Lightning. The Wiradjuri nation was split and sub-split into many tribes. [56] As well as bunyip stories, Brungle Aboriginal women relate the story of the 'Mirriyolla Dog' a spirit dog that could shapeshift. Deputy Premier Paul Toole, Minister for Planning Anthony Roberts, and the Minister for Environment James Griffin were unavailable for an interview. "Everything's getting taken back off us again like it was 200 years ago," Ms Riley said. The proposed works would weave in and out of the existing road, pushing through previously untouched land. [23] Lightning killed a horse in 1946 but the rider escaped with her life though somewhat injured. At the outset of martial law, Windradyne's people had been informed that military operations against them would continue until their leaders were given up. Gundagai, Monday", "Lightning Struck Drovers' Bodies Found Under Tree", "17 Jan 1946 Lightning Kills Horse But Rider Escapes", "8 Feb 1906 Bush Fire at Gundagai. By August 1824, the Sydney Gazette described it as "to have exposed the strength and wealth of the Colony to destruction".[12]. Bell, O., (ndg possibly 1970s), 'Tales of Old Gundagai' No.3, B.E.M. The Wiradjuri travelled into Alpine areas in the summer to feast on Bogong moths. [30] The Kimo bunyip is really interesting as it is accompanied by a large slash in the earth's mantle out of which the 'Jindalee Volcanics' extruded. However, Tindale refers to Wiradjuri in his own work (p.200): "Wiradjuri 'Wiradjuri (Wi'raduri)". This website explores the history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW from 1862 when the current NSW Police Force was established through to 1973 when the last tracker, Norman Walford, retired. ); Booandik (Vic. | GU", "9 Nov 1929 Rides 371 Miles in 24 Hours Opperman Has Fight W", http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nswcultureheritage/AboriginalWomensHeritageBrungleTumut.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20110327123813/http://www.cootamundra.local-e.nsw.gov.au/files/59930/File/BrochurePicturepackage.pdf, "12 Jul 1887 Country News. The Bathurst War (1824), was a war between the Wiradjuri nation and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Bolstered by a local settler militia, the detachment began conducting several sweeps across the landscape to restore order and enforce martial law. [16] Alfred William Howitt remarked that these trees incised with taphoglyphs served both as transit points to allow mythological cultural heroes to ascend to, and descend from, the firmament as well as a means for the deceased to return to the sky. [21], At the conclusion of the war, the NSW colonial government also recognised the need to have a mounted infantry to effectively place the frontier under British control. He spoke to them in their own language in such a manner as not to let them suppose he anticipated any evil from them. A nearby resident, Mr Carey, then began to receive visits by the same spectre. Wiradjuri resistance to European settlement in Australia, Assistant Surveyor George Evans, Journal, 21/12/1813, W.H. It is the land of the Three Rivers, the Macquarie (Wambool), the Lachlan (Kalare) and the Murrumbidgee (Murrumbidjeri). They stood there, sullen, silent, motionless. "We don't have that many sites spare to just go 'it's okay to destroy some Aboriginal history'," Mr Williams said. The floodplains of the Murrumbidgee below the present town of Gundagai were a frequent meeting place of Wiradjuri speaking people from nearby regions. WebBook online or email or call Milan Dhiiyaan on 0400 409 102. For the latest information, searchABC Emergency, For the latestweather warnings in the Northern Territory, search onABC Emergency. The following day the station hands returned to find the war parties' camp deserted as they were burying their dead, however most of the weapons were left in the camp and were subsequently destroyed. Their eastern borders ran from north to south from above Mudgee, down to the foothills of the Blue Mountains east of Lithgow and Oberon, and east of Cowra, Young and Tumut and south to the upper Murray at Albury and east to about Tumbarumba. [17] A terrific thunderstorm at Gundagai in March 1877 set fire to the inside of Armour's house. In his book Aboriginal tribes of Australia (1974), Norman Tindale wrote that Wiradjuri was one of several terms coined later, after the 1890s had seen a "rash of such terms", following the publication of a work by ethnologist John Fraser. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, and many still use knowledge of hunting and gathering techniques as part of their customary life. Thousands of years of sacred Aboriginal history could be paved over duringmulti-billion-dollar Great Western Highway upgrades in New South Wales. [2], Attempts to cross the Blue Mountains had been made from 1790 onwards with convicts seeking a way to escape and adventurers eager to explore the region. [17], The Wiradjuri were also known for their handsome possum-skin cloaks stitched together from several possum furs. A distinctive feature of the group was that they began with the term for no (wira) and concluded with the term for having (djuri) [ref]Grant and Rudder 2005; Howitt 1904: 108.[/ref]. Wiradjuri people also worshipped several mythical heroes in common, including Biami, his emu wife Gooboerangalnaba and the giant serpent Kurrea. [25], In Bryce Courtenay's novel Jessica, the plot is centred in Wiradjuri region. Will is a wicked blacksmith who is given a second chance by Saint Peter at the gates to Heaven, but leads such a bad life that he ends up being doomed to wander the Earth. [28] Andy Kissane's poem, "The Station Owner's Daughter, Narrandera" tells a story about the aftermath of that same massacre,[29] and was the inspiration for Alex Ryan's short film, Ngurrumbang. Charles Sturt in Chapter Two of his Murrumbidgee exploration journal,[33] likened the 'verdant' Gundagai valley as having Diana of Nemi site parallels as recorded in James George Frazer's 'The Golden Bough',[34] when Sturt journeyed through the Gundagai area in 18291830. Key points: The Australian Museum is processing an application to One of the chiefs (named Saturday) of a desperate tribe, took six men to secure him and they had actually to break a musket over his body before he yielded, which he did at length with broken ribs Saturday for his exploits was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. The name 'Warramore', is given for Stuckey's Station in 1836 at today's Gundagai. WebWiradjuri spiritual beliefs were organised around a network of sacred sites associated with mythical heroes known as jin [ref]Jin are sometimes referred to as totems and colloquially The Gundagai area is part of the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri speaking people before and post European settlement, and also holds national significance to Indigenous Australians. [37] 'Warramore' is linked to 'Warrawen', which is the large cut in the western side of the Monaro Plateau from near which western travelling geological fault lines begin, and 'Warragong', which is the section of the beginning of the Australian Alps in the Gundagai region upon which snow sometimes falls. There are, however, numerous traces of their extensive occupation of the land. Start a New conflict the link below to order your copy known to fill and burst alternative. Has been a place of numerous bunyip sightings years ago, '' Riley. 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