The Wiradjuri considered the Ngarigo and Walgalu as one people using the name Guramal which has the basic meaning of 'gurai or 'hostile people.' Canberra, the capital city of the federal capital territory is very close to the boundary line between this and the Ngunawal tribe.
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The Cooma government web site states that "the two main groups on Monaro were the Ngarigo people of the tablelands and the Wogul or Wolgalu group in the high country.".
It is believed that the local Aboriginal Ngarigo people used a word that sounded like queanbeyan to describe the river, said to mean "clearwater".
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The Queanbeyan region is the traditional home of the Ngunnawal and the Ngarigo peoples.
The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Wingan Inlet are the Australian Aboriginal Bidhawal and Nindi-Ngudjam Ngarigu Monero peoples.
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