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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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    originally came from the Dharug language term mayal, which denoted any person hailing from another tribe. Norman Tindale reckoned Dharug lands as encompassing...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Wangal (section Language)
    The Wangal people (a.k.a. Wanngal or Won-gal) are a clan of the Dharug Aboriginal people whose heirs are custodians of the lands and waters of what is...
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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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    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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    Greater Western Sydney region. The name 'Marayong' is derived from the Dharug language word 'Mariyung', which means emu or place of cranes. The name was first...
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    Ficus rubiginosa (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia in the...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gula may refer to: Gula (animal), Dharug language name for the koala bear Gula (crater), a crater on Ganymede Gula (ethnic...
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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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    Fleet officer Daniel Southwell translated the local Aboriginal word (Dharug language) Woo-la-ra (also later spelt by others as Willarra and Wallara) as...
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    than possible with only the arm. The word "woomera" comes from the Dharug language of the Eora people of the Sydney basin. The name was adopted for the...
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    The Dreaming (category Articles containing undetermined-language text)
    in the language Martu Wangka Wongar in North-East Arnhem Land Daramoolen in Ngunnawal language and Ngarigo language Nura in the Dharug language Nyitting...
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    Jannali (category Articles with text in Australian languages)
    Place of the Moon, originating from an unknown language as recorded by George Thornton. The Dharug language word for the Moon is 'yanada', and Jannali may...
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    Woiwurrung, Taungurung and Boonwurrung are Aboriginal languages of the Kulin nation of Central Victoria. Woiwurrung was spoken by the Woiwurrung and related...
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    Darlington were the Cadigal people of the Eora belonging to the wider Dharug language group. The Cadigal were a coastal people who subsisted on fishing,...
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    similar to it, but the Dharug language dictionary online defines "temora" as "a tree standing alone". Alternatively, in the Celtic language it is derived from...
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    Frenchs Forest, and surrounding Warringah areas, was the home of the Dharug language group of the Garigal Aboriginal clan. Evidence of their habitation...
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    where she was given her second name "Wirawi" which means 'Woman' in Dharug language. She goes by both Lady Northcott and Wirawi but it is usually referred...
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    dual-named Gooweebahree, (also sometimes written as Quiberee) in the Dharug language of the local inhabitants, the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation...
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    were among the estimated two dozen clans around Sydney Harbour of the Dharug language group. These included the Kayamaygal and the Birrabirragal around what...
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    workers. The original name for the land now known as Pyrmont is Pirrama, Dharug Language. Pyrmont contained a mineral spring of cold water bubbling out of a...
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    Lyrics for the anthem have been written twice in the Dharug language, an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Sydney by the Dharawal people. A first...
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    Birrabirragal people, an Aboriginal clan who belonged to the coastal Dharug language group. The first European activity in the area took place not long...
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    Dingo (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    offspring from the previous year. The name "dingo" comes from the Dharug language used by the Indigenous Australians of the Sydney area. The first British...
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    suggested by local residents. The Aboriginal language known variously as Dharug, Eora or simply 'the Sydney Language' was spoken around Woronora at the time...
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