The Guringai Area

The Aboriginal Heritage Office plays a key role in the education of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people (Northern Sydney Aboriginal Social Plan, 2006). The Aboriginal Heritage Office holds free school presentations and actives, which are designed to inform students of the heritage of their local area and to view their local landscape from an Indigenous perspective (Aboriginal Heritage Office, 2006). Other activities that the Aboriginal Heritage Offices operates include community walks and talks, staff training to provide council workers in aboriginal site awareness (Aboriginal Heritage Office, 2006).

The indigenous cultures of Australia are one of the oldest living cultures in the world. Indigenous groups across Australia have many oral stories about their past, which form part of a great tradition of knowledge. These stories explain the Aboriginal genesis in a different parts of the country and reveal the shaping of a formless land by great ancestors. Aboriginal people of Australia have suffered through many crises, when the British colonised Australia in 1788. Many Aboriginal people from different cultures died at hands of British colonial. There were not a lot of Aboriginal people in Australia in 19th century. Mostly, they inhabit in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. There are many cultures in NSW, one of the oldest culture in Sydney is the Darug, they are the traditional owners of Western and south Western areas of Sydney. The Darug nation is large in size and boasts many clans of Darug people. One of the clans called the Cabrogal. Cabramatta takes its name from the Cabrogal band of the Darug-speaking people that lived around Liverpool and Fairfield when the British first came to Australia.

There were three main languages which also consisted of various dialects. Darug was the largest spoken language. The Gadigal people spoke a dialect of Darug. Dharawal was another language spoken which also consists of various dialects based on regions. Many Indigenous Australians could speak more than one of these languages as Central Sydney was where many tribes would come together, so it was quite common that many tribes or clans would be in this same area at the same time, allowing them to learn the languages of each others tribes.

Archaeologists believe that aboriginals first came to Australia about 45, 000 years ago and were the only population of humans in Australia until the British invasion. There are about 500 different aboriginal groups each with their own language and territory and usually made up of several separate clans. The aboriginals of Australia are marginalised in today society. This marginalisation began right back during the British invasion where they were evicted from their own country, the stolen generation occurred and their health care, education, employment and housing was severely limited. Aboriginals generally live in poor conditions and choose unhealthy lifestyle choices

There are 11 Aboriginal archaeological sites within the City of Boroondara, two of which are Aboriginal historic places that are registered with

Surrounding the Great Barrier Reef are the aboriginal inhabitants and Torres Strait Islanders. Their connection goes back for 60,000 years. There are 70 tribes across the Great Barrier Reef relying on the reef but are experiencing major problems, pollution and mining.

Australia’s aborigines are one of the oldest ongoing cultures in the world. Their traditions date back up tens of thousands of years. Before European settlement, there were around 600 different aboriginal nations, based on language groups. Southport was part of the territory of the Indigenous people of the Yugambeh language group. Their land stretched south from Beenleigh along the coast to the tweed and inland to the mountains. The language group was composed of a number of subgroups including the Kombumerri saltwater indigenous people of the Gold Coast.

Indigenous populations have been the carers and custodians of Australia and the Torres Strait for a period in excess of 60,000 years before being

Wurundjeri siting’s that have been linked to include ‘isolated artefacts and low density artefact scatters’ within their boundaries that were waterways, urban lands and rural lands extending from all Yarra Valley regions.

Details: Australia and New Guinea are separated only by the narrow, and island-filled Torres Strait and Arafura Sea. But in all other ways, they are radically different. Australia is flat and mostly very dry. It has the most erratic climate and weather of any continent, with the seasonal pattern often disrupted by ocean currents. New Guinea is mountainous, wet, and with a stable climate. These geographic differences led to differences in development in the two hemi-continents - New Guinea is divided into many many small tribes. Of the 6,000 languages spoken

The Ngarrindjeri nation arrays across the South East section of South Australia; as seen in Figure 1.

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples inhabited the land of Australia for many thousands of years

These natives formed approximately 500 tribes, each associated with its own language and stretch of territory. Although the sizes of the tribes varied, they had much in common. The Aborigines were not natural cultivators of the land - fertile land was obviously scarce - and Australia (before the European colonisation) had no animals suitable for

Australia’s population is culturally and ethnically diverse. As at June 2010, there were 22.3 million residents in Australia, around one-quarter of the population was born overseas and many residents who were born in Australia have a parent who was born in another country. Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders represent 2.3% of the population

Kihim is definitely the ultimate sports beach in the konkan. It is a place full of trilling attractions that never fail to attract tourists all the year round. This is why it is regarded as one of the most famous beaches in alibag. The rocky stretches define the shoreline here and exhibits beautiful sceneries during sunrise and sunsets. Khanderi and Underi are the forts near the beach that provides beautiful views of sunsets. In the Shravan month every year pilgrims gather at Kihim beach to view the Swayambhu Shivling that is said to appear mysteriously out of nowhere in the waters near the beach and disappear again. This happens every year and attracts many visitors from all round the place.