Biyarung

Biyarung also known as Biddy Giles (c. 1810 – December 1888) was a Dharawal woman, from the Gweagal clan, who was a knowledge holder and during her childhood, experienced the increasing arrivals and spread of colonisation in Sydney, Australia.

She became a cultural leader, entrepreneur and tour guide who taught colonists words in the Dharawal language as well as stories and knowledge about her Country. Anderson later told many of these stories to Charles William Peck and they were included in his book Australian Legends (1925). Here, as well as farming, she spent significant amounts of time hunting and fishing.

By the 1880s, and following Giles' death, Biyarung moved again to Dolls Point where she lived with family, including her brother Joey, and became to known to many as 'Granny Giles'.