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Across
  1. 2. are the largest Aboriginal group in New South Wales. They occupy a vast area in central New South Wales, on the plains running north and south to the west of the Blue Mountains. The area was known as "the land of the three rivers".
  2. 4. an Australian Aboriginal wind instrument in the form of a long wooden tube, traditionally made from a hollow branch, which is blown to produce a deep, resonant sound, varied by rhythmic accents of timbre and volume.
  3. 5. a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so that it will return to the thrower, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginal people as a hunting weapon.
  4. 8. (two words, noun) Aboriginal musical instrument consisting of one stick or boomerang beaten against another or a different object.
  5. 9. is an Australian Aboriginal wooden spear-throwing device. Similar to an atlatl, it serves as an extension of the human arm, enabling a spear to travel at a greater speed and force than possible with only the arm.
Down
  1. 1. also known as Gomeroi, Kamilaroi, Kamillaroi and other variations, are an Aboriginal Australian people whose lands extend from New South Wales to southern Queensland. They form one of the four largest Indigenous nations in Australia.
  2. 3. also spelt Ngunawal, are an Aboriginal people of southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia.
  3. 6. a weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.
  4. 7. (cultural) Used on the face and body, and runs a tactile imprint of all that is sacred, of all that connects people to their Culture – the past, present and future.