New South Wales
- The Cammeraygal (also called Awabakal) were people who inhabited the Lower North Shore area of the present-day North Sydney Council in Sydneya. The name 'Cammeraygal' is ensigned on the North Sydney Municipal Emblem and also gave name to the suburb of Cammeray. The Awakabal also lived in the area of present-day Newcastle
- The Eora people were the original occupants of the Sydney region in 1788 when the first Anglo-European colonists arrived. Some of the words of original provenance still in use today in Australian English are from the Eora language: dingo, woomera, wallaby, wombat, waratah, boobook owl, wallaroo. Bennelong was a senior member of the Eora people, who served as an interlocutor between the British and Eora people, and travelled to England, and later returned to Australia in 1795. He died at Kissing Point (known now as Ryde) on 3 January 1813. Bennelong Point, where the Sydney Opera House now stands, is named after him. He lived there after he persuaded New South Wales Governor Arthur Phillip to build a brick hut for him on the point.
- Kamilaroi are Original people in the area between Tamworth and Goondiwindi, west to Narrabri and Lightning Ridge, in northern New South Wales. Kamilaroi creation stories include Baiame, the spirit ancestor or patron god. He was married to Birrahgnooloo, with whom he was the father of Daramulum. The Kamilaroi Highway was named after them.
- The Tharawal people are an Aboriginal sub-group of the Dharug language nation in the area around Wollongong, south of Sydney. They are famous for the name of the boomerang coming from their language.
- Wiradjuri, or Wiradhuri, speak the language of the same name. They occupy a large area of central New South Wales, from the Blue Mountains in the east, to Hay in the west, north to Nyngan and south to Albury. This area includes the rural cities of Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Griffith and Dubbo.
- The Wonnarua people (‘people of the hills and plains’) have territory located in the upper Hunter Valley.
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