Abstract The term “GuriNgai,” including variants such as “Guringai” and “Kuringgai,” has no legitimate cultural, genealogical, or historical basis in Northern Sydney or the Central Coast. It originated with John Fraser’s nineteenth century misclassification of a vast “Kuringgai” super-tribe, a construct that conflated distinct peoples and languages and later influenced the naming of Ku-ring-gai Chase … Continue reading The non-Aboriginal Guringai/GuriNgai/Wannangine/Walkaloa of the Northern Beaches, Hornsby Shire, and Central Coast of NSW