Yuin nation

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The Yuin nation is an Aboriginal Australian people whose ancestral lands span much of the south coast of New South Wales, with a rich cultural heritage deeply connected to the region’s coastal and forest environments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous nation
affectedBy Stolen Generations policies
dispossession after British colonisation
frontier conflict in New South Wales
colonisedBy British settlers in 19th century
country Australia
engagesIn cultural revitalisation
land and sea management partnerships
language revival programs
ethnicGroupOf Australia
hasAncestralLandsIn coastal environments of south coast New South Wales
forest environments of south coast New South Wales
hasContemporaryCommunitiesIn Batemans Bay
Bega
Eden
Moruya
Narooma
Nowra
Ulladulla
hasCulturalConnectionTo coastal marine environments
forests of south coast New South Wales
mountainous hinterland of south coast New South Wales
hasCulturalHeritage Dreaming stories connected to land and sea
sacred sites in coastal and forest areas
songlines along the south coast
hasSubgroup Batemans Bay area groups
Dhurga-speaking groups
Djiringanj people
Eden area groups
Murramarang people
Thaua people
Walbunja people NERFINISHED
hasTotemicRelationshipWith various local animal species
hasTraditionalKnowledgeOf bush foods of south coast New South Wales
medicinal plants of south coast New South Wales
seasonal cycles of coastal New South Wales
languageFamily Yuin–Kuric languages
locatedIn New South Wales
New South Wales South Coast
surface form: south coast of New South Wales

southeastern Australia
partOf South‑eastern Australian Aboriginal peoples
surface form: Aboriginal peoples of New South Wales
practices fire-stick farming and cultural burning
shellfish gathering
traditional fishing
recognizedAs Traditional Owners of parts of the south coast of New South Wales
traditionalLanguage Dhurga
Dhurga–Dyirringanj dialects
Thaua (Tathra–Twofold Bay area) language
traditionalTerritoryExtendsAlong Tasman Sea coast of New South Wales
traditionalTerritoryExtendsTo around Batemans Bay region
around Bega region
around Eden region
around Narooma region
around Nowra region

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Nowra traditionalOwners Yuin nation
Wandi Wandian people partOf Yuin nation