We, are the GuriNgai People, the First Nations Traditional Custodians of the Central Coast and Northern Sydney regions of NSW.

We are also known as Garigal, Walkaloa, Wannangine,

Cammeraigal, Kuring-gai and The Broken Bay Tribe.

Our GuriNgai totem is the Darinyung (stingray).

The traditional language of the GuriNgai People is ‘Karee’.

The word ‘Karee’ means ‘Saltwater’.

https://aiatsis.gov.au/family-history/family-history-sources/maps

Bordering the Lands of the

GuriNgai are the

Awabakal to the North,

Darkinoong to the West and

Dharug to the South West.

Prominent GuriNgai peoples at the time of Invasion include:

Bungaree,

Matora,

Cora Gooseberry and

Musquito.

Natives of New Holland - Plate No. 22 - Voyage of Captain Bellingshausen to the Antarctic Seas, 1831. By Faddeĭ Faddeevich Bellinsgauzen.

‘Gooseberry. Widow of King Bungaree’, William Fernyhough (Fernyhough 1836, 25). National Museum of Australia

Musquito

Musquito - (National Library of Australia, an7573663)

As GuriNgai People we have practiced our

Culture for tens of thousands of years and

continue to do so today.

GuriNgai New Moon Ceremony