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These Awabakal men were painted in 1818 by Major James Wallis, the Commandant at Newcastle. Community:
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Reminiscences on Mary Jane Cain and life on Burra Bee Dee Mission by Aunty Maureen Sulter (Gamilaraay, Coonabarabran). Community:
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On 28 April 1770 two Gweagal men stood their ground to defend their Country when Lieutenant James Cook and an armed party of marines landed on shore at Gamay (Botany Bay). Community:
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Video of a campfire in a cave on Valla Beach near Nambucca HeadsCommunity:
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Dharawal language heard upon entry to exhibitionCommunity:
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This map shows that Dharawal people have been living in and around Gamay (Botany Bay) for tens of thousands of years. Community:
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European explorer John Lhotsky wrote in his journal that he had ‘notated a song which he heard at a corroboree’ although his musical score bears little similarity with Aboriginal musical traditions.Community:
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Beerabahn (Biraban) was born into a traditional Awabakal way of life at Bahtahbah (Belmont, New South Wales). Community:
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In the 1920s, Mary Jane wrote a local history documenting her early life in the Coonabarabran region. Her reminiscences include 73 Gamilaraay placenames and their meanings in English.Community:
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Coastal Sydney: Journal kept on board the Sirius during a voyage to New South Wales, 1787-91.