We’re all related: Dennis Foley

"We're sister clan, brother clan." Sitting in a family cave onCowan Creek , Uncle Dennis Foley, describes the battle at Toongabbie Creek in the late 18th Century that led to enmity between the Darug and the Gai-mariagal , and how a recent ceremony and re-understandings have brought them together again.

Keywords: Identity; values; moving; heritage; early settlement; pre-settlement

North Coastal
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