Dharuk people

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The Dharuk people are an Aboriginal Australian group traditionally associated with the area around present-day Sydney, known for their distinct language and enduring cultural heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dharuk people canonical 1
Tharawal people 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people
affectedBy British colonisation of Australia
smallpox epidemics in late 18th century
continent Australia
country Australia
encounteredBy First Fleet colonists
ethnicGroupOf Sydney region
hasAlternativeName Darug people
Daruk people NERFINISHED
Dharruk people NERFINISHED
Dharug people NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritage oral traditions
rock engravings
shell middens
songlines
hasCulturalRevival cultural education in Sydney schools
language revitalisation programs
hasCulture Australian Aboriginal culture
hasDescendantCommunity Darug people of Western Sydney
hasNotableFeature distinct language associated with Sydney region
enduring cultural heritage
hasOngoingConnectionTo Sydney region
hasSacredSites rock art sites around Sydney
hasSocialStructure clan-based society
language Dharuk language
linked to: Tharawal language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus revival language
nativeTo New South Wales
partOf Eora nations (broad Sydney Aboriginal groups)
recognizedAsTraditionalOwnersOf parts of Western Sydney
region Cumberland Plain
Greater Western Sydney
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
timeOfFirstSustainedContactWithEuropeans 1788
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting and gathering
shellfish collection
traditionalTechnology boomerangs
canoes
spears
stone tools
traditionalTerritory Blue Mountains foothills
Hawkesbury River region
linked to: Hawkesbury region

Parramatta River region
Port Jackson region
Sydney Basin
uses totemic kinship system

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Darug people hasAlternativeName Dharuk people
Gundungurra people neighboringGroup Tharawal people
linked to: Dharuk people