Kuringgai

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kuringgai

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the people group?Indigenous Australian people
2. What is the geographic domain?Territory situated between the Gamilaraay people and the Sydney region
3. What does the name 'Kuringgai' mean?The name 'Kuringgai' is an ethnonym, a label that identifies a specific Indigenous Australian people.
4. Where did the Kuringgai people live?They lived in a part of Australia that is now New South Wales, between the Gamilaraay lands to the north and the area that later became Sydney.

Ethnonym: A name or term used to designate a particular ethnic group or people.
Territory: A defined geographical area recognized as belonging to a specific group, often with cultural and resource significance.
Linguistic Identity: The sense of self and belonging derived from the use of a particular language, often tied to cultural heritage.
Pre-colonial Australia: The period of Australian history before the arrival of European settlers in 1788.