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The Cadigal, also spelled as Gadigal, are a group of Aboriginal Australians who originally inhabited the area that they called 'Cadi', part of which later became known as the Marrickville Local Government Area
Marrickville Council

Marrickville Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia situated in the Inner West region of Sydney, Australia.The area is bounded by Municipality of Leichhardt to the north, the City of Sydney to the east and north-east, the City of Botany Bay to the south-east, the City of Rockdale to the south, City of Canterbury, New South Wales...
 of Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. Cadigal territory lies south of Port Jackson
Port Jackson

Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge....
 and stretches from South Head to Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River
Cooks River

The Cooks River is a 23 kilometre long urban waterway of south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia emptying into Botany Bay. The course of the river has been altered to accommodate various developments along its shore....
. The Cadigal language is a derivative of the Darug
Darug

Darug may refer to:*Darug people*Darug language*Dharruk, New South Wales Adding long comment tag to protect...
 language.

Soon after his arrival at Port Jackson, Governor Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip

Admiral Arthur Phillip Royal Navy was a British naval Admiraland colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governors of New South Wales of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the site which is now the city of Sydney....
 estimated the population of the Sydney district at around 1500 people, although other estimates range from as low as 200 to as high as 4000.

The Cadigal clan was estimated to have 50-80 people.

The occupation of the Sydney area by the British and the subsequent introduction of European diseases including smallpox
Smallpox

Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple"....
 decimated the Eora people
Eora

The traditional owners of the inner Sydney City region of Australia are the Cadigal people, one of the peoples who belong to the Eora language group....
 and their neighbours.






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The Cadigal, also spelled as Gadigal, are a group of Aboriginal Australians who originally inhabited the area that they called 'Cadi', part of which later became known as the Marrickville Local Government Area
Marrickville Council

Marrickville Council is a Local Government Areas in Australia situated in the Inner West region of Sydney, Australia.The area is bounded by Municipality of Leichhardt to the north, the City of Sydney to the east and north-east, the City of Botany Bay to the south-east, the City of Rockdale to the south, City of Canterbury, New South Wales...
 of Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. Cadigal territory lies south of Port Jackson
Port Jackson

Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It is known for its beauty, and in particular, as the location of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge....
 and stretches from South Head to Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River
Cooks River

The Cooks River is a 23 kilometre long urban waterway of south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia emptying into Botany Bay. The course of the river has been altered to accommodate various developments along its shore....
. The Cadigal language is a derivative of the Darug
Darug

Darug may refer to:*Darug people*Darug language*Dharruk, New South Wales Adding long comment tag to protect...
 language.

Soon after his arrival at Port Jackson, Governor Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip

Admiral Arthur Phillip Royal Navy was a British naval Admiraland colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governors of New South Wales of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the site which is now the city of Sydney....
 estimated the population of the Sydney district at around 1500 people, although other estimates range from as low as 200 to as high as 4000.

The Cadigal clan was estimated to have 50-80 people.

The occupation of the Sydney area by the British and the subsequent introduction of European diseases including smallpox
Smallpox

Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple"....
 decimated the Eora people
Eora

The traditional owners of the inner Sydney City region of Australia are the Cadigal people, one of the peoples who belong to the Eora language group....
 and their neighbours. The disastrous 1789 smallpox epidemic is estimated to have killed about 50% of Sydney's indigenous population, and it has been claimed that only three Cadigal people were left alive by 1791, although archaeological evidence suggests that some Cadigal people may have escaped to the Concord
Concord, New South Wales

Concord is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Canada Bay....
 area and settled there.

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