THE WURUUNGARE ARE INDIGENOUS AUSTRAILIANS WHO LIVE IN MOUNT EMMU CREEK. THEY HAD ABOUT 12 CLANS UNDER A MATRILINEAL SYSTEM WITH A DESCENT SYSTEM BASED ON COCKATOO MOIETES.
THESE DJGARD PEOPLE WERE HERE FOR 1000'S OF HERE OR 1000'S OF YEARS. THEY HAVE MANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES THAT INCLUDE FISH TRAPS. SURFACE SCATTERS, MIDDEN AND BURIAL SITES.
BY THE TIME EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT HAPPENED IN 1830'S THE DJARGURD SUFFERED FROM MASSACRES FROM EUROPEAN SETTLERS. THEY WERE FORCED FROM THE LAND AND LED TO STARVATION.. IN 1839 THE CLAN WAS MASSACRED BY FRED TAYLOR AND OTHERS IN A SITE CALLED MURDERING GULLEY.
BY 1565 A NUMBER OF THIS TRIBE WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE. BUT ELDERS REFUSED TO ABANDONTHE TRADITIONAL COUNTRY. IN 1882 THEY BUILT A MEMORIAL TO THESE FOLKS AND IT IS INSPIRING TO THEM TODAY.
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