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The Dharug or Darug people, are a nation of Aboriginal Australian clans, who share ties of kinship, country and culture. In pre-colonial times, lived as hunters in the region of current day Sydney. The Darug speak one of two dialects of the Dharug language related to their coastal or inland groups.
c.2005 aerial photographs of the property in context show the OTC staff housing has been removed, while its layout and tree plantings survive. [ 35 ] [ 1 ] In September 2015 Environment Minister Mark Speakman announced approval of the lease of a 16.5-ha site for a new zoo on land adjoining Bungarribee's picnic area and playground.
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The Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country have become core Australian customs. [34] Some jurisdictions, such as New South Wales, make a welcome (or, failing that, acknowledgement) mandatory [dubious – discuss] at all government-run events. [35] The Victorian Government supports Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country. [36]
According to the National Museum of the American Indian, it is a traditional practice that dates back centuries in many indigenous cultures. [2] [dubious – discuss] The modern practice of land acknowledgements began in Australia in the late 1970s, taking the form of the Welcome to Country ceremony, and was at first primarily associated with Indigenous Australian political movements and the arts.
The Bidjigal people were the first to encounter Captain Cook and the First Fleet. [5] There was a strong Aboriginal resistance to colonisation. [ 29 ] There was a period of sustained warfare throughout coastal Sydney, involving the Bidjigal clan at the Sydney basin , from 1788 to 1817. [ 30 ]
The word "koala" is derived from gula in the Dharuk and Gundungurra languages A Yuin man, c.1904The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was traditionally spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales, until it became ...
The standard template to welcome new editors. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status heading heading Suppresses the automatic heading Unknown optional Heading text headtext Changes the contents of the heading Default Welcome! String optional border border Adds a border around the message in a specified color or hex triplet Example DarkViolet, #9400D3 String ...