Burramattagal
| Darug people | |
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| aka Dharug, Dharruk, Dharrook, Darrook, Dharung, Broken Bay tribe | |
Sydney Basin bioregion
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| Hierarchy | |
| Language family: | Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language group: | Dharug |
| Group dialects: | Dharuk, Gamaraygal, Iora |
| Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km) | |
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| Location: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates: | 33°35′S 150°35′E / 33.583°S 150.583°ECoordinates: 33°35′S 150°35′E / 33.583°S 150.583°E |
| Mountains: | Blue Mountains |
| Rivers: | Cooks, Georges, Hawkesbury, Lane Cove, Nepean, Parramatta |
| Notable individuals | |
| Anthony Fernando | |
The Darug are a group descending from an indigenous Australian people of that name, which shares strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, survived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans scattered throughout much of what is modern-day Sydney.
The Darug, originally a Western Sydney people, were bounded by the Kuringgai to the northeast around Broken Bay, the Darkinjung to the north, the Wiradjuri to the west on the eastern fringe of the Blue Mountains, the Gandangara to the southwest in the Southern Highlands, the Eora to the east and the Tharawal to the southeast in the Illawarra area.
Dharug is generally considered one of two dialects, the other being the language spoken by the neighbouring Eora, constituting a single language. The word myall, a pejorative word in Australian dialect denoting any Aborigine who kept up a traditional way of life, originally came from the Dharug language term mayal, which denoted any person hailing from another tribe.
Norman Tindale reckoned Darug lands as encompassing 2,300 square miles (6,000 km2), taking in the mouth of the Hawkesbury River, and running inland as far as Mount Victoria. It took in the areas around Campbelltown, Liverpool, Camden, Penrith and Windsor.
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