The Wurundjeri People The story of the Wurundjeri people from the Kulin Alliance is one of persistence and fighting against the odds, their story teaches us about to hardships that arrived with the British. The land of the Wurundjeri people is just above and is part of current day Melbourne, this land their home was taken from them by the settlers. The Wurundjeri people lived simple lives before the British arrived, they lived of the land in what was the ‘fertile bush’. Victoria was the most populated
Indigenous communities such as the Wurundjeri are considered the original inhabitants of Australia (West and Murphy, 2010). Their role and contribution was thus significant in the social, economic and political growth and development of Australia. The Wurundjeri people once inhabited present day Melbourne (Wheeler, 2008). Aboriginal communities such as the Wurundjeri have little participation in the running of modern day Australia. This essay examines the plight of the Wurundjeri people in contemporary Australian
significant because without it they would become extinct. During the 1840s-1950s most of the trees were cut down. After the logging, the government bought back the land and made it into a national park. This made people realise value in it. The Wurundjeri tribe (the traditional owners of the land) believed the creeks had special healing properties and they would come every summer to collect resources to survive. The biodiversity of the of plants and animals attract tourists as well as the picnic
Physical description of the Merri Creek catchment: Merri Creek catchment covers around 39,000 hectares and it is located north of Melbourne. The creek begins at the bottom of the Great Dividing Range near a small town named Heathcote Junction. It flows for approximately 60-70km south towards Port Philip Bay before it meets with Yarra River at Dights Falls in Abbotsford. The Merri Creek is one of the major offshoots for the Yarra draining water from a catchment. In the catchment, there are nine main
Taxidermy in our current society is a profession that is rarely seen, primarily due to the animal protection laws and reserves present in the majority of countries, and the preference of our current population to see animals in zoos, rather than as ‘still life’. However, taxidermy during the mid-Victorian and early Edwardian era was a thriving industry with natural history objects including stuffed birds and hunting trophies being used as popular décor. The fire screen imaged on the left was created
Location Brimbank Park (coordinates 37.7340° S, 144.8370° E) is located in the Maribyrnong Valley (hollowed by the Maribyrnong River), near the Melbourne suburb Keilor. It is intersected by the Maribynong River and the M80 highway, which reveals the adaptive nature of the natural environment in a growing urban area. (Parks Victoria, 2013) Figure 1: Map of Brimbank Park (Google Maps, 2014) Geology Brimbank Park consists mainly of sedimentary rock, due to its close proximity to the Maribyrnong
used to be in the gardens of St Francis’ Church in Lonsdale Street. The tree was alive when Mary Mackillop played under it as a girl. LOCATION OF THE CATHEDRAL St Patrick’s Cathedral is located on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation of the Wurundjeri people. The beautiful aboriginal stone interplay at the