THESE WERE THE FOLKS WHO LIVED IN SOUTHERN SYDNEY. IN 1788 EUROPEANS FIRST MET THEM. THE ROCK ART OF THE THARAWAL IS O=N SAND- PICTOGRAPHS OR STONE IN CHARCOAL AND RED ORCHE. THERE ARE MANY PAINTINGS IN 1990'S OF SURFACES - -OVERHANGS. THE PICTOGRAPHS ARE MARRED BY RECENT PEOPLE AND EOROPEAN GRAFFITI. THEY HAVE A PUBLIC VIEWING SITE AT JIBBON POINT. SOME ARE PETROGLYPHS OF WHALES AND A SEAL. THE WHALE IS SCARIFIED AND IS A TOTEMIC SPIRIT OF HIGH ESTEEM.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE NO REMAINING DECENDANTS OF THE DWAL PEOPLE. SOME OF THE WODI WODI CLAN WHO CLAIM TO HAVE SURVIVED THE DECIMATION MOVED BACK TO THE AREAS FORMALLY OCCUPIED.
THE THARAWAL LIVED MAINLY BY LOCAL LIVED MAINLY LOCAL PLANTS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLE AND BY FISHING, AND GATHERING SHELLFISH AND GATHERING FISH PRODUCTS. THE MEN HUNTED MAMMALS. WOMEN COLLECTED NATIVE PLANTS AND FISHED AND BUILT CANOES. THEY LEFT MANY MIDDEN SITES.
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