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Also known as Gumaroi, Gummaroi, Kamilaroi, Kamillaroi, Cammealroy, Comleroy, Cumilri, Camelleri

The Gamilaroi, also known as Gomeroi, Kamilaroi, Kamillaroi, Gomilaroy 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.

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  • Language
  • Country
  • History
  • Dreaming
  • Rite of initiation
  • Sandstone Caves
  • Alternative spellings
  • Wordlist
  • Notable Gamilaroi people
  • Traditional leaders
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Citations
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The Gamilaroi, also known as Gomeroi, Kamilaroi, Kamillaroi, Gomilaroy 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.

==Name== The ethnonym Gamilaroi is formed from , meaning "no", and the suffix , bearing the sense of "having". It is a common practice among Australian tribes to have themselves identified according to their respective words for "no".

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