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| Dharug people | |
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| aka Darug, Dharruk, Dharrook, Darrook, Dharung, Broken Bay tribe[1] | |
 Sydney Basin bioregion | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Language family
| Pama–Nyungan |
| Language branch: | Yuin–Kuric |
| Language group: | Dharug |
| Group dialects: | Inland Dharug & Coastal Dharug |
| Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km) | |
| Bioregion: |
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| Location: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates: | 33°35′S 150°35′E / 33.583°S 150.583°E[1] |
| Mountains: | Blue Mountains |
| Rivers: | Cooks, Georges, Hawkesbury, Lane Cove, Nepean, Parramatta |
| Notable individuals | |
| Pemulwuy | |
| Anthony Fernando | |
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. There was armed conflict between the Dharug and the English settlers in the first half of the 19th century. Controversy over land rights, deference to culture and official return of Dharug artifacts, such as the skull of the warrior Pemulwuy.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 193.