Little history recorded

I have lived in the area for many years and I have never read such rubbish when reading the nasty comments made by Kay Williams of Pearl Beach regarding a few welcome signs at Ettalong.

According to Kay Williams, the early indigenous people inhabiting the Central Coast were not the Darkinjung but the Guringai who slaughtered the beached whales (no doubt with their small flints).

The fact is there is precious little recorded history as to what indigenous tribes inhabited the Peninsula following the arrival of the British in 1778.

Unfortunately, early colonists spread diseases such as smallpox, measles, pneumonia and tuberculosis completely wiping out healthy aboriginal tribes, not to mention the deliberate slaughter by British soldiers over the cultivating of their land.

Keep up the good work Ettalong Beach Heritage Committee and Chamber of Commerce.

Jack Galway Woy Woy