Numbers
In what year did the first European explorers reach the Monaro?
1823
The bones found at Rock Flat Creek were estimated to be how old, in years BP?
7000
Tribal groups from all over southern NSW would come together in the Snowy Mountains in summer to feast on what?
Bogong Moths
What was the Ngarigo term for the season of Spring?
Nimbing
Ngarigo term for winter?
Bunna
In which decade of the 19th century did John Hawden recall a battle at Kiora between the people of Moruya and Braidwood?
1830s
Josephine Flood's 1995 survey of the archaeology of the high country revealed how many types of aboriginal burial?
4
The flowers of which plant would be sundried and when needed mixed with warm water to provide a sleeping tonic?
Yam Daisy
What is the Ngarigo term for children?
Boories
Ngarigo terms for hut?
Mia-mia
How many metres above sea-level is the Cooma-Monaro plateau?
800m
How many people could shelter in a Ngarigo hut for the winter?
8-10
What substance was mixed with leaves to protect a wounded area of skin?
Fat
What was the Ngarigo name for Kiandra?
Giandarra
What was the name of the place that the Ngarigo people journeyed to on the Victorian coast meaning place of many waters?
Mallacoota
In 1845 what was the estimated population of Ngarigo people on the Monaro?
1382
What was the general shape of a Ngarigo hut?
Egg-shape
Which seeds were the most labour-intensive to harvest on the Monaro?
Grass seeds
In 1883 a large gathering of indigenous people was held at which mountain?
Doctor George Mountain
Ngarigo term for summer?
Ngooma
The NSW Census of 1856 recorded how many aboriginal people in the Cooma district?
166
When building huts, rocks or sods of clay were used to keep what out?
Water
What was the common name for the plant, clematis arista?
Old man's beard or traveller's joy
What was the Ngarigo name for the source of their magical powers for the elders of their tribe?
Daramulan
Name a tribal group that borders Ngarigo country.
Yuin, Ngunawal, Jaitmatang, Bidwell, Wiradjuri