Leichhardt Council, where it meets Cadigal land. In the west, Wangal country extends further to the western shore of Homebush Bay, including Sydney Olympic Park in the City of Parramatta. Here, Wangal country meets Burramattagal country. Language The Wangal people are part of the Darug ( Dharuk) language speaking group of the Dharug nation, who contributed to contemporary Australian English words like dingo, woomera, wallaby, wombat, and waratah. The Wangal people and their Dharug neighbours, the Cadigal people, were heavily impacted by early British settlement, many dying from smallpox or being pushed from their lands by the early settlers, and ceasing to be acknowledged and known as a viable, functioning social group within twenty years or so of 1788. The Dharug language has since been reconstructed from the many notes made of it by the original colonists, although there has been no known oral language tradition continuing over the last one hundred years. See also Darug Notes Citations Sources Further reading External links Leichhardt Council's Introduction to Inner West Sydney's Aboriginal History Strathfield Municipal Council's Aboriginal History webpage Strathfield Historical Society's Aboriginal History web page Australian Museum web page on Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney Marrickville's website about Cadigal and Wangal peoples Eora