Awabakal

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Awabakal are an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally associated with the coastal region around present-day Newcastle and Lake Macquarie in New South Wales.

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Label Occurrences
Awabakal canonical 5
Awabakal (in some sources) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
affectedBy European colonisation of Australia
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Australia
hasAlternativeName Awaba people
Awabagal
Awabakal tribe
linked to: Awabakal people
hasCulturalPractice corroboree
fire-stick farming
songlines
hasCulturalRegion Awabakal Country
hasDocumentedBy Lancelot Threlkeld
hasDocumentedLanguageWork An Australian Grammar of the Language, as Spoken by the Aborigines of the Hunter River, Lake Macquarie, &c.
hasHistoricalContactWith British colonists in New South Wales
hasNeighbouringGroup Darkinjung people
Gadigal people
Wonnarua people
Worimi people
hasNotableIndividual Biraban
Lancelot Threlkeld
hasOngoingLandConnection Awabakal Country
hasOrganisation Awabakal Ltd
Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Cooperative
hasPopulationRegion Hunter Region
Lake Macquarie
Newcastle
hasSacredSite Lake Macquarie
Mount Sugarloaf (Great Sugar Loaf)
Nobbys Head
hasTotem eaglehawk
language Awabakal language
languageBranch Yuin–Kuric languages
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus revival language
partOf First Nations of Australia
recognisedBy New South Wales government
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
state New South Wales
traditionalLanguageAreaIncludes coastal region around Lake Macquarie
coastal region around Newcastle
lower Hunter River region
parts of Port Stephens area
traditionalRegion Central Coast of New South Wales
Hunter Region
Lake Macquarie region
Newcastle region

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Awabakal people hasEthnonym Awabakal
Wonnarua neighbouringPeople Awabakal
Awabakal language name Awabakal
Awaba people alsoKnownAs Awabakal (in some sources)
linked to: Awabakal