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Eora Nation 47: What actually happened to indigenous people of Sydney in 19th century?

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Eora Nation 47: What actually happened to indigenous people of Sydney in 19th century?(Supplied: Australian Museum)

A new book challenges our common assumption that most, if not all, indigenous people of Sydney were either turfed out or killed off by the colonists. Ten years in the making, historian Paul Irish meticulously traces back what actually happened to the first peoples of Sydney coastal region in a new book Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal people of coastal Sydney.

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Sydney, Indigenous Culture, Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), History, Colonialism, Population and Demographics