Everything about The Wurundjeri totally explained
The
Wurundjeri are
Indigenous Australians of the
Kulin nation, who occupied the
Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now
Melbourne,
Australia prior to British settlement of the area. Wurundjeri people take their name from 'wurun' or 'Manna Gum'
(Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along the
Yarra River.
Wurundjeri people spoke the
Woiwurrung language. The Woiwurrung territory extended from north of the
Great Dividing Range, east to
Mount Baw Baw, south to
Mordialloc Creek and west to
Werribee River. Their lands bordered the
Gunai/Kurnai people to the east in
Gippsland, and the
Bunurong people to the south on the
Mornington Peninsula.
Notable Wurundjeri people at the time of British settlement include:
The Wurundjeri people bore the brunt of the effects of British settlement in the Melbourne area. In
1842 the
Native Police Corps was formed, based at
Narre Warren, but later moved to
Merri Creek.
In
1863 the surviving members of the Wurundjeri and other Woiwurrung speakers were given 'permissive occupancy' of
Coranderrk Station, near
Healesville and forcibly resettled . Despite numerous petitions, letters, and delegations to the Colonial and Federal Government, the grant of this land in compensation for the country lost was refused. Coranderrk was closed in 1924 and its occupants again moved to
Lake Tyers in
Gippsland.
All remaining Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung or Wurundjeri people are descendants from Jemima and Robert Wandin.(says Wurundjeri Elder, Ian Hunter) source: http://www.freshwater.net.au/wurundjeri/melbourne_aboriginal_hunter_lineage.htm the website also has several Wurundjeri Dreamtime Stories.
At the beginning of the twenty first century descendants of the Wurundjeri-willam look to their people's future.
Joy Murphy Wandin, a Wurundjeri Elder, said:
» In the recent past, Wurundjeri culture was undermined by people being forbidden to "talk culture" and language. Another loss was the loss of children taken from families. Now, some knowledge of the past must be found and collected from documents. By finding and doing this, Wurundjeri will bring their past to the present and recreate a place of belonging. A "keeping place" should be to keep things for future generations of our people, not a showcase for all, not a resource to earn dollars. I work towards maintaining the Wurundjeri culture for Wurundjeri people into the future. (
People of the Merri Merri, 1999).
The Wurundjeri gave the name to the
Jindyworobak MovementFurther Information
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