Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 16:38
Thank
Ross,
What is not true? My post was specific around the
Sydney region where tribes did not wander to far, the Aborigines on the Central Coast (just north of the Hawksbury knew there were people south of the Hawksbury and some spoke the same language but all had a different dialect. While they knwe and traded with neighboring tribes, they never crossed boarders or travelled through a neighbours land.
As I said" in comparison to
the Desert people who had to roam vast areas to hunt and gather"
The white settlers took natives from from
Sydney when crossing the Blue Mountains and the Hawksbury when exploring and the
Sydney Aboringines knew little about the tribes and feared that they would be killed for trespassing on the traibal lands.
New South Wales:
Awabagal
The territory of the Awabagal covered the area between the Hunter River and Tuggerah Lakes, NSW, including
Lake Macquarie. They were neighbours with the Kuring-gai and Darkinung peoples to the south, the Worimi people to the north, and the Wonnarua people to the west (on the middle reaches of the Hunter River).
Darkinung
The boundaries for the Darkinung appear to have stretched from Wilberforce and Wiseman's Ferry on the Hawkesbury River to Jerry's Plains and
Singleton on the Hunter. Closer to the coast was the territory of the Awabagal which extended up the Central Coast almost to
Newcastle.
Darug (also spelt Dharug, Daruk, Dharuk, Dharuck and Dharruk).
People of the southeast region, living in the region from the Hawkesbury River in the north to
Appin, the Cowpastures and George's River in the south, and west into the Blue Mountains as far as the territory of the Wiradjuri near
Bathurst. The Hawkesbury River appears to have marked the boundary between the Darug and their neighbours to the northwest, the Darkinung.
Dharawhal
The boundaries of the Dharawhal language area were along the coast between Botany Bay and Jervis Bay.
Eora
People of the region in the area of present-day
Sydney, along the harbour foreshores and the area between
Port Jackson and Botany Bay. The language that they spoke was a dialect of Darug. Neighbours to the Darug, Kuring-gai, and Tharawal peoples.
Gundungurra (also spelt Gundungurry, Gandangara)
The Gundungurra tribe extended from the Blue Mountains at Hartley and
Lithgow through the Burragorang and Megalong Valleys, east at least as far as the Nepean River (and therefore west of the Illawarra); while in the south, their territory extended at least as far as
Goulburn, and possibly to Tumut. They were also referred to as the Mountain People, Nattai, Burragorang or Wollondilly Tribes.
Kuring-gai
Indigenous tribal group living between
Port Jackson and Tuggerah Lakes, in particular the area on both sides of
Broken Bay. Neighbours to the Awabakal, Darkinung, Darug and Eora peoples.
Port Jackson and the Lane Cove River formed the boundary between the Kuring-gai and the Darug.
Tharawal
The Tharawal lived in the area around Botany Bay and southwards, in particular between La Perouse and Wreck Bay (near Jervis Bay). Neighbours with the Eora, Darug, Gundungurra and Yuin.
Wiradjur
Wiradjuri country extended from the western foothills of the Blue Mountains and
Lithgow through
Bathurst,
Orange, and Dubbo to
Nyngan in the far west; in the south it stretched to Albury. Broadly speaking, the Wiradjuri occupied almost the entire length of the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers, as
well as 100 km along the Upper Murray.
Wonnarua
Inland people living on the upper reaches of the Hunter River. They had close trade and ceremonial links with their neighbours the Darkinung, to the south, as
well as close contact with the Wiradjuri to the west of the mountains. After the spread of white settlement along the Hunter,
Singleton became the area most closely identified with the Wonnarua people.
Worimi
Tribal group living in the coastal region between the Hunter River and Port Stephens.
Yuin
Tribal group occupying the coastal area between Jervis Bay and Twofold Bay.
Sourced from "A journey in Tibe"
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