The Peramangk
Before the arrival of Europoeans this region of the Adelaide Hills was inhabited by the Peramangk. The area was rich in vital resources – food, water and firewood, animals for fur, stone, timber and resins for making tools, bark for huts, shields and canoes and pigments for painting. Their early contact with Europeans was mostly peaceful, however, with the encroachment of European settlement upon their hunting grounds, some open conflicts did arise. Even then there was little violence and, in some cases, food and other items were given in exchange for assistance with the harvest. Many places and property names are derived from Aboriginal words. Artifacts, scar trees and shelter paintings reveal evidence of Peramangk occupation of the Adelaide Hills region.
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