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    The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian...
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    The Dharug or Darug people, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters...
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  • who speak a common language and have become known as the Eora people. "Eora" refers to "people" or "of this place" in Dharug language. Soon after his arrival...
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    he would have known as Kamay in the Dharug language. He is considered to have been a cardio (cleverman), a Dharug spiritual healer and culture keeper...
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    first British settlers in the Sydney area from a word in the local Dharug language, it usually includes dance, music, costume and often body decoration...
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    respective included languages. The koala is named from the word gula for the animal in the Dharug language, a Yuin–Kuri language within the Yora group...
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    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...
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  • from the Cammeraygal clan of the Dharug nation. Patyegarang (pronounced Pa-te-ga-rang) taught William Dawes the language of her people and is thought to...
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    the natural sounds of the bush. The word "cooee" originates from the Dharug language of Aboriginal Australians in the Sydney area. The call was used by...
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    The name "wombat" comes from the now nearly extinct Dharug language spoken by the aboriginal Dharug people, who originally inhabited the Sydney area. It...
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