Bidjigal
| Bidjigal people | |
|---|---|
| aka: Bediagal. | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language group: | Dharug |
| Area (unknown) | |
| Bioregion: | Sydney basin |
| Location: | St George, Botany Bay, Western Sydney, and the Hills District |
| Rivers | Cooks, parts of the Hawkesbury River & Georges rivers; Salt Pan & Wolli creeks |
| Other geological: | Bidjigal Reserve |
| Notable individuals | |
| Pemulwuy. Josh Cook | |
The Bidjigal (also spelt Bediagal, Bejigal, Bedegal or Biddegal) people are an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional lands are modern-day western, north-western, south-eastern, and southern Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The land includes the Bidjigal Reserve, Salt Pan Creek and the Georges River. They are part of the Dharug language group.
The Bidjigal clan were the first Indigenous Australians to encounter the First Fleet. Led by Pemulwuy, the Bidjigal people resisted European colonisation from the First Fleet's arrival in 1788.