Bediagal
/ˈbɛdɪˌɑːɡəl/noun
A variant spelling of Bedegal, an Aboriginal Australian people and language group traditionally associated with southeastern Sydney, including Botany Bay.
Did you know?Bediagal is commonly treated as a spelling variant of Bedegal, an ethnonym connected with the Aboriginal custodians of southeastern Sydney and Botany Bay.
Etymological Timeline
Precolonial period
Dharug-related languages
Bediagal / Bedegal
“An Indigenous ethnonym used for a people of southeastern Sydney; the original internal meaning is not securely documented.”
Late 18th Century
English records
Bediagal
“A recorded colonial spelling of the name of an Aboriginal group in the Sydney region.”
19th Century
English
Bedegal
“A variant form used in historical and ethnographic writing about Aboriginal peoples around Botany Bay.”
20th Century
English
Bedegal
“The spelling increasingly used in anthropological, archival, and community contexts.”
Modern English
English
Bediagal
“A recognized variant spelling referring to the Bedegal people, their heritage, or their traditional country.”