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D'harawal Location MapD'harawal Calendar
the D'harawal Country and language area extends from the southern shores of
Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to the northern shores of the Shoalhaven River,
and from the eastern shores of the Wollondilly River system to the eastern seaboard
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Burran Marrai'gang Burrugin Wiritjiribin Ngoonungi Parra'dowee

Time of Ngoonungi -
Murrai'yunggory (cool, getting warmer) September - October

The time of the gathering of the flying foxes. A magical time of the year when the flying foxes gather in the darkening skies over D'harawal Lands. They come in from the north-east, the north, the north-west and the west, and swirl over the Sydney area in a wonderful, sky-dancing display just after sunset, before setting off for the night-time feeding grounds to the south. But it is also a very important ceremonial time for the D'harawals, which begins with the appearance of the splashes of the bright red Miwa Gawaian (Telopea speciosissima) in the bushland.

Bureau of Meteorology Temperature and Rainfall Graphs for this region

Permission [pending] to use the D'harawal seasonal calendar is granted by the D'harawal Traditional Knowledgeholders' and Descendents' Circle

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