Geawegal

"[7] Disputing this, Tindale claimed they lived further to the north-west over an estimated 3,300 square miles (8,500 km2) extending from the territory around the northern tributaries of the Hunter River to Murrurundi, and taking in Muswellbrook, Aberdeen, Scone and Mount Royal Range.

[17] Hale's observations in 1846 were written in good part from notes he gathered from interviews with Lancelot Threlkeld,[5] but Wafer contends that Tindale errs in ascribing this data to the Geawegal.

[18] In 1880, by which time the tribe was thought to be extinct, Lorimer Fison and Alfred William Howitt wrote a short excursus on them, relying on information from G. W. Rusden, who had learnt the language in his youth.

[7] Determining what tribes occupied the upper Hunter Valley region has long proved difficult, with maps of Australian tribal territories often leaving this particular area vacant.

Despite Tindale's identification of an indigenous Geawegal people in this locality, many historical documents attest to the presence of the Gamilaraay in the same area, especially around the Hunter River headwaters and Murrurundi.