BORA INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA

THE BORA SURVIVED AS HUNTERS, FISHERS, AND GATHERERS IN FAMILY GROUPS OR CLANS SCATTERED ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS. THEY LIVED IN CLANS AND FAMILIES ALONG THE BASIN IN SOUTH WALES.

THE INDIGENOUS FOLKS CALL THEMSELVES EORA, SIMPLY MEANING THE PEOPLE. THEY REVEAL A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE EARTH. THEY HAVE A HERITAGE SPANNING 1000'S OF YEARS. ABOUT 70% DIED OF SMALLPOX FROM VIRUSS AND DESTRUCTION OF THEIR NATURAL FOOD.

THE EORA HAVE THREE MAIN CLANS. THEY MAY HAVE 4 TO 5 MORE CLANS. ADJOINING PEOPLE RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE MANY NOTES MADE OF IT BUY THE ORIGINAL COLONISTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE A CONTINUAL ORAL HISTORY TRADITION FOR OVER 100 YEARS. SOME OF THE WORDS OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE STILL IN USE TODAY ARE FROM THE EORA LANGUAGE - DINGO, WALLABING, LANGUAGE..

IN 1788 THE EUROPEANS SETTLED IN HERE. THE EORA LANGUAGE WAS RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE MANY NOTES MADE OF IT BY THE ORIGINAL COLONISTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE A CONTINUOUS ORAL HISTORY TRADITION FROM OVER 100 WARS. SOME OF THE WORDS OF THE ABORIGINALS ORAL HISTORY TRADITION FOR OVER 100 YEARS. SOME OF THE WORDS OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE STILL IN USE TODAY ARE FROM THE EORA LANGUAGE - DINGO AND WALLABY..

THESE FOLKS ERE VERY LARGE COASTAL DWELLERS. AND LOVED MAINLY FOOD FROM THE SEA. THEY WERE EXPERTS IN CLOSE TO SHORE NAVIGATION, FISHING , COOKING, EATING, IN THE BAYS AND HARBORS. IN THEIR BARK CANOES, THEY DID NOT HAVE TO PLANT CROPS. THE WOMEN KNEW ABOUT HERBAL REMEDIES. THEY WERE VERY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE. THEY BELIEVED EVERYTHING HAS A SPIRIT INSIDE IT.

WHEN THE FIRST FLEET OF 1300 CONVICTS, GUARDS, AND ADMINISTERS CAME IN 1788, THE EORA NUMBERED 1500. SMALLPOX, VIRUS, AND REDUCED FOOD SOURCES ELIMINATED 70% OF THE EORAS.

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