A walk through history: in the footsteps of the Cadigal people

Council acknowledges that the first people of this area are the Aboriginal people of the Cadigal clan, also known as the Eora.

The local area is rich in evidence of early Aboriginal history. There are over 70 sites including 13 midden sites, 29 rock engraving and numerous shelters, many with axe grinding grooves where stone tools were made and sharpened. Some sites are in private gardens: others are in parks and public areas, with a number along coastal walks and the harbour foreshore.

Parkland and foreshore areas have preserved much of the vegetation that provided the "kitchen gardens" used by the original inhabitants.

• First contact with the Eora
• Walking Tours - From inlet to bay
• Language is the key to kin
• The power of kinship
• Hunting the fish of the harbour
• Pictures in stone
• Sheltering sandstone
• Weapons and tools for many purposes
• Signs of a feast
• Rich in native flora and fauna
• Bush food recipes
• Medicine
• Burial rites

Other useful links and resources:

• Aboriginal Studies - Aboriginal studies material from the NSW Board of Studies
  
• Australian Bureau of Statistics - Indigenous statistics
  
• Australia Council for the Arts - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts
• Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Australian Museum - Information on Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney and consultancy services in Aboriginal archaeology and heritage.
  
• Australian National Maritime Museum - Promotes knowledge and enjoyment of Australia's relationship with its waterways and the sea
  
• Barani, Indigenous History of Sydney - The City of Sydney Council's Indigenous website
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation - Documents and history, providing a continuing national focus on reconciliation
• Gadigal Wangal people
• Indigenous Programs - University of New South Wales
• Jumbunna Aboriginal Education Centre and Indigenous House of Learning - University of Technology, Sydney
  
• Koori Centre - University of Sydney
• NSW Environment and Heritage - Information about indigenous culture and heritage sites
• NSW Aboriginal Land Council
• NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs
• ReconciliACTION Network - A network of Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people who have an interest in reconciliation and Indigenous rights issues
• State Library of NSW
• The Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney - including the Cadi Jam Ora: First Encounters display
  
• Tranby College - An Aboriginal Training College providing valuable information on contact history