Dharawal House

The Dharawal Aboriginal People are the caretakers of the land on the south coast of Sydney, from Port Jackson to the Shoalhaven River, extending west to Camden.

Organised as family groups as opposed to tribes, the Dharawal People lived harmoniously with the land, moving around with the seasons using both the land and sea as a food source.

With settlement spreading beyond the colony in Sydney down the coast, the traditional hunting land of the Dharawal People was absorbed by farmland.

This substantial land clearing diminished the traditional way of life for the Dharawal People.