THE EORA SURVIVED ON A GROUND THAT THEY BUILT HUTS AND IN A FAMILY GROUP OR CLANS SCATTERED ALONG COASTAL AREA, THEY LIVED IN CLANS AND FAMILIES ALONG SYDNEY BASED AREA AND IN SOUTH WALES. THE INDIGENOUS CALL THEMSELVES THE EORA, SIMPLY MEANING THE PEOPLE. THEY REVEALED A DEEP CONNECTION TO THE EARTH. THEY HAVE A HERITAGE SPANNING 1000 YEARS. ABOUT 70% DIED OF SMALL POX FROM FROM VIRUS AND DESTRUCTION.
THE EORA HAVE THREE MAIN CLANS. ADJOINING NEIGHBORS MAY HAVE 4 TO 5 MORE CL;ANS. ADJOINING NEIGHBORS ARE THARAWA LAND DARUG. THEIR TRADITIONAL WATERS AND LAND ARE SOUTH OF PORT JACKSON.
WHEN THE FIRST FLEET OF 1300 CONVICTS, GUARDS, AND ADMINISTRATORS CAME HERE IN 1788. THE EORA HAD 1500. THEIR LANGUAGE HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE MANY NOTES MADE OF IT BY THE ORIGINAL COLONISTS. THEY GOT SMALLPOX, VIRUS AND REDUCED FOOD SOURCES ELIMINATED 70% OF THEM.
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