pre-1788

pre-1788
Settlement
Meatworks
Roadmaster

Aboriginal Lifestyle around the Roadmaster Site

The Darug people occupied the Sydney region, except the North Shore, from the coast to the Blue Mountains and from north of Wiseman's Ferry to Camden. They lived in clans or family groups of about 30 to 50 people but joined together for special occasions much like people do now for Christmas. These occasions involved much feasting and were arranged for times and places where food was plentiful: for example, when there was plenty of fish and fresh water shell fish in Eastern Creek (behind the Roadmaster site).

Food
Meat The Darug people eat a various selection of food such as Bandicoots, Moorhens, Tortoises, Ducks, Kangaroo, Rats, Platypuses, Possums, Yabbies, Water Rats, Black Snakes, Fish, Freshwater Mussels, Coots, Lizards, Emus and Quail.
Eggs The large and small ants plus their eggs, duck and swan eggs were also a part of the Darug diet.
Fruit Berries, Native Grapes, Red Burrawang fruits. (Fruits were poisonous so the Aborigines soaked and pounded the fruits to remove the poisons.)
Sweet Drink Banksia flower (the Aboriginal people would drink the nectar of this flower)
Edible Food Sedges and bull rushes (from within the creek), fern roots, yams and lilies (from along the creek edge).

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