Native title
Descendants of Old Mundy inclusive of the Wolgal people have attempted to secure recognition of their ancestry and culture within their clan lands,Currawong/Wollondibbi, for the past twenty years.
Current action seeks to define the Ngarigu Dialect Boundary through the Federal Court. The Ngarigu representative body is set up with rules based
on Ngarigu customary laws and culture, drawn from advisors from all sectors of the community within the language boundary.
The mountain law, the Mittung (Metong, Maton, Mettung), of the Ngarigu language group is identified as one set of laws and customs practiced from the lower Snowy and through to Lake George to the north.
This border is in itself a set of signs, landmarks, natural features and animal habitats representing the Ngarigu moiety and totemic system.
These amongst other influences structured their laws and customs which developed the rich cultural beliefs that were alive before European settlement and are still alive today.
The Ngarigu have been progressively dispossessed of their lands since 1814 and in the past sixty years due to actions and ignorance of governing bodies the Ngarigu have become, as a group, the most disadvantaged language group in the South-East of Australia.
The Ngarigu people and their descendants deserve to receive full recognition and status within their lands.
