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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
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Burran Marrai'gang Burrugin Wiritjiribin Ngoonungi Parra'dowee

Time of Wiritjiribin -
Tugarah Gunya'marri (cold and windy) August

The lyrebirds' calls ring out through the bushland as he builds his dancing mounds to attract his potential mates. It is the time of the flowering of the Marrai'uo (Acacia floribunda) which is a sign that the fish are running in the rivers. At the end of this time the Boo'kerrikin (Acacia decurrens) flower, which indicates the end of the cold, windy weather, and the beginning of the gentle spring rains.

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