Area (unknown)
The Sydney Basin, where the Bidjigal people are located
Bioregion:
Sydney basin
Location:
St George, Botany Bay, Western Sydney, and the Hills District
Rivers
Cooks, parts of the Hawkesbury River & Georges rivers; Salt Pan & Wolli creeks
Other geological:
Bidjigal Reserve
Notable individuals
Pemulwuy.[1] Josh Cook
The Bidjigal (also spelt Bediagal,[1]Bejigal,[2]Bedegal[3] or Biddegal[4]) people are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are modern-day western, north-western, south-eastern, and southern Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The land includes the Bidjigal Reserve, Salt Pan Creek and the Georges River. They are part of the Dharug language group, and there is debate as to whether the clan is part of the Dharug or Eora people.[5]
The Bidjigal clan were the first Indigenous Australians to encounter the First Fleet.[6] Led by Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal people resisted European colonisation from the First Fleet's arrival in 1788.[7]
^ abcKohen 2005.
^"Aboriginal people of the Cooks River valley | The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^Uncle Vic Simms yarns with new Indigenous students, retrieved 26 December 2021
^Hinkson, Melinda (2010). Aboriginal Sydney: a guide to important places of the past and present. Alana Harris, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (2nd ed.). Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 978-0-85575-712-0. OCLC 655900028.
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The Bidjigal Reserve is a 186-hectare (460-acre) reserve in New South Wales, Australia. It lies predominantly within The Hills Shire, with a small section...
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south shore and the Gameygal on the north shore. It is possible that the Bidjigal clan lived between the Cooks River and the Georges River, but the evidence...
bugi-nja, ki-ki-wi-lan, walemira 'talmai. Pemulwuy (c. 1750–1802): A Bidjigal carradhy and resistance fighter against the British Empire in what is now...
establishing the colony, they encountered the Eora people, including the Bidjigal clan. A number of the First Fleet journals record encounters with Aboriginal...
In the conflict, Aboriginal resistance leader Pemulwuy led a group of Bidjigal warriors, estimated to be up to 100, against armed British settlers and...
Russell (née Timbery; 14 February 1931 – 6 October 2023) was an Australian Bidjigal artist and shellworker. Timbery's shellwork had contemporary elements blended...
Burramattagal. ("Eel place clan"= at the source of the Parramatta River) Bidjigal. (Castle Hill) Norongeragal. (locality unknown) Borogegal. (Bradley Head)...
aboriginal people were led by their leader, Pemulwuy, a member of the Bidjigal tribe who occupied the land. First windmill. First merino sheep brought...
member of the House of Lords (1994–2016). Esme Timbery, 92, Australian Bidjigal artist and shellworker. Francisco Vidal, 82, Spanish actor (El Crack, The...
region and consisted of the Wangal, Kurrajong, Boorooberongal, Cattai, Bidjigal, Gommerigal, Mulgoa, Cannemegal, Bool-bain-ora, Cabrigal, Muringong and...
wars, occurred in March 1797 where Eora leader Pemulwuy led a group of Bidjigal warriors, estimated to be at least 100, in an attack on the town of Parramatta...
March 1797 where Aboriginal resistance leader Pemulwuy led a group of Bidjigal warriors, estimated to be at least 100, in an attack on a government farm...
singer and songwriter. He is from La Perouse, New South Wales, and is a Bidjigal man. Simms began his singing career at age 12 at the Manly Jazzorama Music...
flows generally west, then south, joined by its tributaries including the Bidjigal, Sawmill, Excelsior, Blue Gum, Bellbird, Bellamy Farm creeks and the dammed...
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Ethnicity Dharug, Eora (Yura) (Gadigal, Wangal, Cammeraygal, Wallumettagal, Bidjigal) Extinct Late 19th / early 20th century Revival Small number of L2 speakers...
common language. Georges River Council acknowledges that the Biddegal/Bidjigal/Bedegal clan of the Eora are the original inhabitants and custodians of...
communities in Sydney. The Aboriginals were led by Pemulwuy, a member of the Bidjigal tribe who occupied the land. Pemulwuy was eventually shot and killed by...
occurred in March 1797 where resistance leader Pemulwuy led a group of Bidjigal warriors, estimated to be at least 100, in an attack on a government farm...
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