Language family: Pama–Nyungan Language group: Yora | Language branch: Yuin–Kuric Bioregion: Sydney Basin | |
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Group dialects: Dharug (also called Eora) Location: Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
The Cammeraygal, variously spelled as Cam-mer-ray-gal, Gamaraigal, Kameraigal, Cameragal and several other variations, are an indigenous Australian group of people who were united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans that inhabited the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Norman Tindale notes the Cammeraygal as a clan of the Eora people, who in turn formed part of the larger Kuringgai.
Traditional lands
The traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people are now contained within much of the North Sydney, Willoughby, Mosman, Manly and Warringah local government areas. The Cammeraygal people lived in the area until the 1820s and are recorded as being in the northern parts of the Sydney region for approximately 5,800 years.
Cammeraygal is now the name of a High School in North Sydney
Legacy
The name Cammeraygal is ensigned on the North Sydney Municipal emblem. The North Sydney suburb of Cammeray and the Cammeraygal High School located in the North Sydney suburb of Greenwich are named after the Cammeraygal people. In 1999, the North Sydney Council erected a monument in honour of the Cammeraygal tribe who were the traditional owners of the North Sydney area.