Tharawal
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Dharawal is a term referring to the groups of Aboriginal Australian people who shared the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived in defined hunter–fisher–gatherer family groups or clans with ties of kinship, along the coastal area through what is now the Wollongong, Port Kembla, and Nowra regions of New South Wales.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology and alternative names
- Language
- Country
- Clans
- Lifestyle and culture
- History
- Pre-colonial
- British invasion
- Early colonial
- Confinement to camps and reserves
- Dharawal identity in the present era
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Dharawal is a term referring to the groups of Aboriginal Australian people who shared the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived in defined hunter–fisher–gatherer family groups or clans with ties of kinship, along the coastal area through what is now the Wollongong, Port Kembla, and Nowra regions of New South Wales.
==Etymology and alternative names== Dharawal means cabbage palm. Alternative spelling and pronunciation of this term include: Tharawal, Darawad, Thurawal, Turrubul, Turuwal and Turuwul.
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