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There is clear evidence - in the form of significant Aboriginal rock carvings in particular - that Aboriginal people occupied sites in the area now known as Waverley in the period before European settlement. An important type of tool was first found in the region and is still known as the Bondi point.
The indigenous people of the area at the time of European settlement have generally been referred to as the Sydney people or the Eora (Eora means "the people"). One theory describes the Eora as a sub-group of the Darug language group which occupied the Cumberland Plain west to the Blue Mountains. However, another theory suggests that they were a distinct language group of their own.
There is no clear evidence for the name or names of the particular band(s) of the Eora that roamed what is now the Waverley area. Most sources agree on the Cadigal but there are sources which name the Biddigal and Birrabirragal bands as well.
A number of place names within Waverley - most famously Bondi - have been based on words derived from Aboriginal languages of the Sydney region. |
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 Supportive people |
| Posted by from Coogee on Saturday, May 08, 2004 |
| We are a small community group for people with Acquired Brain Injury and have been meeting at CITM for a number of years. Wonderfully supportive people, with great meeting rooms. |
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| Posted by from Bondi on Sunday, December 14, 2003 |
| Not the best council in Sydney, but not as bad as Warringah where I used to live ! |
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