Talk:Rose Hill, New South Wales

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Before the English fleet came to Parramatta the Aborigines where living there and their way of living was much more different than the English way. The area of Parramatta was known by the Dharug people as Burramatta. "Burra" meaning eel and "matta" meaning creek. The people who lived in the area called themselves the Burramattagal. Evidence of Aboriginal occupation exists within the Park along the ridgeline of the Crescent and around Domain Creek. Several scarred trees and artefact scatters have been located. They used the tree parts to build canoes. They ate animals like kangaroos, possums and also fruit, vegetables, mullets, perch, mud oysters and eels. Their way of life didn’t effect the environment. When the English came they brought small pox that killed a large number of Dharug people.