Cadigal

The Gadigal, also spelled Cadigal and Caddiegal, are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands are located in Gadi, on Eora country, the location of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. However, since the colonisation of Australia, most Gadigal people have been displaced from their traditional lands.

== Pre-colonisation history == The Gadigal people originally inhabited the area that they call "Gadi", which lies south of Port Jackson, covering today's Sydney central business district and stretching from South Head across to Marrickville/ with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River. They are the traditional owners of Sydney Cove, the site of the first British settlement in Australia. Cadi (or Gadi) in the local Dharug dialect meant below or under, indicating that the Cadi-gal belonged to the land below Port Jackson.