Kuringgai
Kuringgai (also spelt
Ku-ring-gai,
Kuring-gai,
Guringai) is a name referring to an
Indigenous Australian people of New South Wales.
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Fraser's 1892 map. Kuringgai is marked VIII. |
In 1892,
John Fraser used the term
Kuringgai ( in his
phonetic notation) to refer to the people inhabiting a large stretch of the central coastline of
New South Wales.
According to Fraser, the Kuringgai were bordered by the
Wachigari and the
Paikalyung to the north, the
Kamalarai to the northwest, the
Wiradhari to the west and the
Murrinjari to the south.
However,
Norman Tindale would later say in 1974 that
"the Awabakal are the central one of a series of tribes to which the arbitrary term Kuringgai has been applied by Fraser." He divided the area Fraser labelled Kuringgai into several tribes, including the
Tharawal,
Eora,
Dharuk,
Darkinjang,
Awabakal,
Worimi,
Birpai,
Ngamba, and others.
A number of things have been named after the Kuringgai, including:
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Electoral district of Ku-ring-gai*
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital*
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park*
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School*
Ku-ring-gai Council*
Mount Ku-ring-gai
