'At the turn of the 20th century the Bega Valley was a forgotten little corner of southeastern NSW where life has been caught in a traditional farming regime since the 1850's.
The early settlers came down from Braidwood looking for cattle fodder in the 1830's and others came via Twofold Bay at Eden. The culture and community of the indigenous Yuin people, whose occupation of the coastal area around Bega and its hinterland stretches back thousands of years, was disrupted by the arrival of Europeans and went into decline soon after.'
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