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The Awabakal, Worimi, Wonnarua, Geawegal, Birrpai and Darkinjung peoples are the traditional owners of the land that now makes up the lower Hunter Region. [6] The Awabakal people called the area Mulubinba, after an indigenous fern called the mulubin.
In 1857, train maintenance facilities were established there with the advent of railway, with Newcastle being the centre of the separate northern NSW network until 1889. [3] With the industrialization of Newcastle, for most of the 20th century, it was dominated by the Honeysuckle railway workshops, wool stores, cargo sheds and warehouses. [4]
The Awabakal language was recorded by Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and Awabakal Leader Birabahn in 'An Australian grammar : comprehending the principles and natural rules of the language as spoken by the Aborigines in the vicinity of Hunter's River, Lake MacQuarie & New South Wales' -'and this is the first, and most comprehensive record of any indigenous language in Australia.
Writers from Newcastle, New South Wales (11 P) Pages in category "People from Newcastle, New South Wales" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
Mayfield is a north-western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, which takes its name from Ada May (born 1874) a daughter of the landowner there, John Scholey.Its boundaries are the Hunter River to the north, the Main Northern railway line to the south (Waratah station), the railway line to Newcastle Harbour to the east, and open ground to the west.
Newcastle, also commonly referred to as Greater Newcastle (locally / ˈ nj uː k ɑː s əl / NEW-kah-səl; Awabakal: Mulubinba) [4] is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia.
The Koori region "Koori" comes from the word gurri, meaning "man" or "people" in the Indigenous language Awabakal, spoken on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. [2] On the far north coast of New South Wales, the term may still be spelt "goori" or "goorie" and pronounced with a harder "g". [9]
The distinction between traditional custodians and traditional owners is made by some, but not all, First Nations Australians. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] On one hand, Yuwibara man Philip Kemp states that he would "prefer to be identified as a Traditional Custodian and not a Traditional Owner as I do not own the land but I care for the land."