Dharug

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Dharug people
aka Darug, Dharruk, Dharrook, Darrook, Dharung, Broken Bay tribe[1]
Sydney Basin bioregion
Hierarchy
Language family	Pama–Nyungan
Language branch:	Yuin–Kuric
Language group:	Dharug
Group dialects:	Inland Dharug & Coastal Dharug
Area (approx. 6,000 sq. km)
Bioregion:	Cumberland Plain, Sydney basin
Location:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates:	33°35′S 150°35′E / 33.583°S 150.583°E / -33.583; 150.583[1]
Mountains:	Blue Mountains
Rivers:	Cooks, Georges, Hawkesbury, Lane Cove, Nepean, Parramatta
Notable individuals
Pemulwuy
Anthony Fernando

The Dharug or Darug people, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much of what is modern-day Sydney.

The Dharug were bounded by the Awabakal to the north of Broken Bay, the Darkinjung to the northwest, the Wiradjuri to the west on the eastern fringe of the Blue Mountains, the Gandangara to the southwest in the Southern Highlands, and the Tharawal to the southeast in the Illawarra area.