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 …

Darug people’s new dreaming – the return of the land they called home. Aboriginal Heritage Office

For the Sydney region the following language groups can be found on many maps still available today: Darug, Dharawal, Darginung, Guringai and Gundungurra. However, there are various ways of spelling the names and different names can be found referring to the same group.

Darug nation - located on the map of Australia The Darug people were spread out all over the Cumberland Plain. The area stretches from the inner west of Sydney, to Windsor in the north and Picton to the South.

Explore the World Heritage-listed Old Great North Road, go camping, mountain biking or canoeing at Dharug National Park near Wisemans Ferry, northwest of Sydney.

The Darug nation's location on the map surrounded by the Wiradjuri clan, Darkinjung, Eora and Gandangara clan

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Darug and Darkinjung men and women resisted the invasion fiercely and sometimes successfully, although ultimately overwhelmed by raids and massacres perpetrated by settlers and the military. Between 1794 and 1816, Dyarubbin was the site of one of the longest and most brutal frontier wars in Australian history.

There are areas near rivers where axe grinding grooves can be found. The open sites of scattered stone artifacts marking their campsites and tool sites were often not recognized by the explorers and later settlers.

The traditional land of the Darug Aboriginal people stretches roughly from the coast, north to Wisemans Ferry, west into the Blue Mountains to Hartley, south along both sides of the Nepean River to Appin, and then east approximately along the Georges River to Botany Bay.