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Traditional Owner Groups

• Wangal
  Phonetic

  Wanegal or Won-gal

  Description

  The Wangal people (a.k.a. Wanegal or Won-gal), are a clan of the Dharug Aboriginal people whose heirs are custodians of the lands and waters of what is now the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, centred around the Municipality of Strathfield, Municipality of Burwood, City of Canada Bay and former Ashfield Council (now part of Inner West Council) and extending west into the City of Parramatta.
• Dharug
  Phonetic

  Darug

  Description

  The Darug or Dharug people are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much of what is modern-day Sydney.