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  • proper noun An aboriginal tribe of Australia.
  • proper noun Their language, Dharuk.

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Examples

  • It was easy to imagine the convicts, mostly petty thieves from British slums, gaping in confusion at the strange foliage while Eora Aboriginals presciently yelled Werre!

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The Eora had thrived for some 40,000 years on the land's natural bounty, hunting kangaroo, eating native plants and fishing, while the British arrivals nearly starved as they tried in vain to raise imported crops like potatoes.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Known as the Lost Battlefield, the jungle terrain at Eora Creek, near Alola in Papua New Guinea, was where Australian soldiers of the 16th Brigade, 2nd AIF, engaged elements of the Japanese army's 144th Infantry Regiment in late November 1942.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • He was of the Eora people, whose land - now known as Botany Bay - was most directly affected by the arrival of the British.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • NSW Governor Phillip's go-between with the local Eora people.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By ANN PACKER 2010

  • Freeman believes the site, about one kilometre (half a mile) from the village of Eora

    Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News 2010

  • He was one of the Eora people, whose land - now known as the suburb of Botany Bay in Sydney's south - was directly affected by the arrival of the British.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • He was of the Eora people, whose land - now known as Botany Bay - was most directly affected by the arrival of the British.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Eora people, the Aborigines who settled around Sydney Harbour, arrived approximately 50,000 years ago, while the white settlers arrived just over 200 years ago.

    AvaxHome 2010

  • The Eora people, the Aborigines who settled around Sydney Harbour, arrived approximately 50,000 years ago, while the white settlers arrived just over 200 years ago.

    AvaxHome 2010

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