The Walgalu are an Aboriginal people of highland southeast New South Wales, Australia. The Ngambri belong to the Walgalu grouping.
Language
According to some scholars, the
Walgalu language is a form of
Ngarigo language.
Country
According to
Norman Tindale, the Walgalu's traditional lands consisted of some of territory centering around the headwaters of the Murrumbidgee and
Tumut River rivers. Kiandra was located within their boundaries, whose southern extension ran down
Tintaldra, and whose northeastern limits were at
Queanbeyan.
Josephine Flood argued, on the basis of a note in Alfred William Howitt, that they were attested as far south as the
Murray River site of Kauwambal between
Mount Kosciuszko and
Cobberas Range, which would place their summer camping somewhat west of the
Djilamatang.
According to Steven Avery, culture group boundaries in southeastern Australia are disputed, due in part to the inexactitude of linguistically assigned boundaries and the uncertainty of historical records.
The Cooma local government website, based on recent research, differentiates between two Aboriginal groups which resided in their region, stating that "the two main groups on Monaro were the Ngarigo people of the tablelands and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country."
Alternative names
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Guramal (Wiradjuri language = "hostile men")
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Gurmal
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Tumut River people
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Tumut tribe
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Walgadu
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Wolgah
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Wolgal
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Murrin
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