Cadigal Reserve (RESERVE), NSW Details
History
Ashfield Mayor John Ward suggested the naming of the reserve during the International Year of Indigenous Persons. The reserve was previously locally known as Sunning Hill Reserve.
Description
Open space adjacent to Hawthorne Canal between Parramatta Road and Grosvenor Crescent at Summer Hill. The land is owned by SRA Council and the Water Board leased by Council.
Meaning
The Cadigal people occupied this area. Name selected after consultation with Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Origin
The Eora language group of Aboriginal people occupied the area and two smaller groups within that group were the Wangal and the Cadigal groups. They derived their living from fishing especially along the estuaries later known as Iron and Long Cove Creeks (latter now named Hawthorne Canal)
Cadigal Reserve (RESERVE), NSW
| title | Cadigal Reserve (RESERVE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 78652 |
| placename | Cadigal Reserve |
| designation | RESERVE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | ASHFIELD |
| description | Open space adjacent to Hawthorne Canal between Parramatta Road and Grosvenor Crescent at Summer Hill. The land is owned by SRA Council and the Water Board leased by Council. |
| meaning | The Cadigal people occupied this area. Name selected after consultation with Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council. |
| origin | The Eora language group of Aboriginal people occupied the area and two smaller groups within that group were the Wangal and the Cadigal groups. They derived their living from fishing especially along the estuaries later known as Iron and Long Cove Creeks (latter now named Hawthorne Canal) |
| history | Ashfield Mayor John Ward suggested the naming of the reserve during the International Year of Indigenous Persons. The reserve was previously locally known as Sunning Hill Reserve. |
