Wurundjeri
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Melbourne, with its bay and river was an attractive site for a settlement to white Europeans. Not...
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Batman Park, located on the corner of St. Geroges Road and Arthurton Road got it’s name from John Batman, one...
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The Wurundjeri-willam clan, a large clan of Woiwurrung speaking Aboriginal people was divided into 3 smaller...
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In 1837 Robert Hoddle surveyed the present day Preston area and its surrounds forming the Jika Jika parish....
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Initial white settlement of the area occurred around 1837. The land was used for dairy farming by various...
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Bunjil was the creator spirit of the Woiwurrung people. They believed that he had created the rivers and...
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Darebin is the Aboriginal word for swallows (birds). An alternative spelling is darabin.
Thomas Mitchell,...
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From what is known of his life, Edward Peacock with his wife by his side, devoted himself to the education of...
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Australian Rules Football was first played in Melbourne in 1858 and its popularity quickly spread throughout...
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In May of 1848 the Merri Creek School was set to close, but it received an injection of government funding,...
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Heidelberg Road has the distinction of being Victoria’s first road outside the confines of the Melbourne...
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On the Kings Birthday holiday, Monday 12 June 1944, Doug Nicholls led a team of NSW Aboriginal footballers...
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Merri Creek is one of five major north south flowing tributaries of the Yarra River, flowing perennially from...
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The first Aboriginal schools was established at Narre Narre Warren Protectorate Station in 1842. The teacher...
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Formed in England in 1837, the Aboriginal Protection Society aimed to reduce tension between settlers and...
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The Native Police Corps was established in 1837 by William Lonsdale to help police local Aboriginal tribes....
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Pastor Doug Nicholls was born in Cummeragunja NSW in 1906. His elder sister Hilda was taken from the family...
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Simon Wonga was the son of Billibellary, headman of theWurundjeri-willam in the 1840s. As a child Wonga was...
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Socrates Papadopoulos was elected Mayor of Northcote in 1982/83. He proposed that Batman Park should be...
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In July 1861 Thomas Bungelleen, a 15 year old Aboriginal, ran away from Merri Ville Lodge, West Northcote...
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William Cooper was an early champion of advocating Aboriginal representation in Parliament. Born in 1861,...
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William Thomas was born in Westminster, England, to Welsh Parents in 1793. He had been a school principal in...
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White settlers knew the Wurundjeri as the ‘Yarra’ tribe. They were closely associated with the Yarra River...
