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The
Cadigal, also spelled as
Gadigal, are a group of
Indigenous Australians who originally inhabited the area that became the
Marrickville Local Government Area of
Sydney. Cadigal territory lies south of
Port Jackson and stretches from South Head to Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the
Cooks River. The Cadigal language is a derivative of the
Darug language.
Soon after his arrival at Port Jackson, Governor
Arthur Phillip estimated the Cadigal population at around 1500 people, although other estimates range from as low as 200 to as high as 4000.
The occupation of the Sydney area by the British and the subsequent introduction of European diseases including
smallpox decimated the
Eora people 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 there only three Cadigal people were left alive by 1791, although archaeological evidence suggests that some Cadigal people may have escaped to the
Concord area and settled there.
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