Neighbours

Neighbours
	The rivers were the boundaries for the valley native peoples Rivers were very important. They were the source of life. They provided the food. They determined the tribes territory. The Dharug, the Darknuing, the Winadjuri, the Tharawal, the Eora all shared boundaries of the Gundungarra people who inhabited the Burragorang Valley who lived in isolation. They lived in a virtual utopia with it mild climate, and abundance of food. To the southwest of the Grose River the Dharug people bordered the territory of in the Cox River valley of the Wollondilly River catchment-based Gundungurra (or Burra'gorang) people To the southeast the Hawkesbury River catchment-based Darkiñung bordered the Georges River catchment-based Dharug. The Darkiñung country included the Hawkesbury catchment in the foothills of the ranges on the right hand side of the river downstream of the floodplain - the flow of the Hawkesbury River itself in those foothills did not impose a boundary. To the northwest the Darkiñung of the upper Colo River Branch bordered the Macquarie River catchment-based Wiradjuri across the Great Dividing Range of the Central Tablelands, south of Coolah Tops. To the north of Coolah Tops the Kamilaroi based in the Namoi River catchment had penetrated over the Liverpool Range down the upper Hunter River valley and bordered the Darkiñung on the mid Hunter River floodplain at the time of settlement. To the northeast the Darkiñung bordered the coastal Aborigines along the watershed of the coastal range. The coastal people occupied the catchments between the Hawkesbury River estuarine Arms of Broken Bay and the estuarine areas of the lower Hunter River.
	The people of the rivers and ranges in these valleys were living inside a larder. They dwelt alongside a stream brimming with a variety of fish species near swampy lagoons holding edible plants, with the adjacent rainforest gullies yielding a range of fruit in season Infants, could feed on roasted yams from a sedge crop by the river side . The tubers of marsh club-rushes were food resources across Australia. Their habitat was amongst a forest of trees holding possums which provided meat, fur to weave twine and skins to make cloaks. The local Aborigines hunted by trapping, by stealth, or using fire with ambushing Their language was unknown to each other, and there was not any doubt of their living in a state of mutual distrust and enmity The wajidirajuri tribe was the larges of the tribes. they were based around Bathurst. they were reported to be fierce and war like
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