Links

Here are links to other items of interest:

Local Aboriginal Groups:

Wadawuurung Aboriginal Corporation. This includes the Registered Aboriginal Party for this area. (Lismore)

https://www.wadawurrung.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/wadawurrung/?ref=py_c

https://www.vaclang.org.au/projects/wathawurrung-ipad-app.html

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative. Provides services for people in the Geelong and Colac areas.

http://www.wathaurong.org.au/

https://www.facebook.com/wathaurong/

Indigenous Gardens:

Mount Leura and Mount Sugarloaf Reserves. With an indigenous garden at the visitor centre and walking trail notes to download.

https://www.mtleura.org.au/

Aboriginal Garden, Monash Univ Clayton.

https://www.monash.edu/about/our-locations/clayton-campus/gardens-at-clayton/aboriginal-gardens

Cranbourne Gardens

https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/visit-cranbourne

Merri Creek Indigenous Garden.

https://www.mcmc.org.au/environmental-education/indigenous-gardens

Aboriginal Garden,Benalla

https://www.enjoybenalla.com.au/listing/benallas-indigenous-garden-benalla/

Bunjilaka Melbourne Museum

https://museumsvictoria.com.au/bunjilaka/

Ngarara Place RMIT

https://architectureau.com/articles/indigenous-garden-opens-in-heart-of-melbourne/

https://www.greenawayarchitects.com.au/ngarara-place

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02xDQf9lNKRKeazxfC_8dagxtE7uA:1583616697260&q=Ngarara+indigenous+garden&tbm=isch&source=univ&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5g831p4noAhXDWisKHYLvCZYQsAR6BAgFEAE

Aboriginal Culture and History

Complete bibliography of articles of Aboriginal settlement in Victoria. Fantastic!! (The link lets you download the full paper)

https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-24-1959/103-156/

Culture Victoria has items about art, history, craft skills,

https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/aboriginal-culture/

Early classic book by Alfred Howitt on history and customs. Written in 1904.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Native_Tribes_of_South-East_Australia

Reconciliation Victoria works with the reconciliation Councils across Victoria

http://www.reconciliationvic.org.au/about-us/our-story

There is a good website produced by Reconciliation Australia.

One page deals with culture and customs. http://www.shareourpride.org.au/sections/our-culture/

Another dealing with Northern Australia Aboriginal Culture.

http://www.aboriginalculture.com.au/Contents.html

News item dating the time of Aboriginal settlement at Tower Hill and Budj Bim

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-26/study-dates-victorian-volcano-that-buried-a-human-made-axe/11991290

Dunkeld museum of Aboriginal tools.

https://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/aboriginal-culture/the-aboriginal-object-collection-at-dunkeld-museum/message-stick/message-stick-1/

Early Melbourne Aboriginal history. Online book by Gary Presland.

http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00001b.htm

Gariwerd Indigenous weather calendar (produced by Bureau of Meterology)

www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/gariwerd.shtml

7 Seasons of the Kulin Nation (click on the climate heading)

https://museumsvictoria.com.au/longform/forest-secrets/

(From Beth Gott) http://www.herringisland.org/seasons1.htm

Introduction to the Kulin Nation (5 groups around Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat)

https://www.theloop.com.au/project/scressling/portfolio/the-kulin-nation-information-packet/214699

http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00814b.htm

RN Drive interview with Dennis Rose about Budj Bim.

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/new-discoveries-at-indigenous-site-budj-bim/12897298

Extracts from Major Mitchell 1836 journal from Portland to northern Victoria. Chapters 3.11 and 3.12

Books for Sale (and some free online):

Aboriginal Australia edited by Colin and Eleanor Bourke.

https://www.amazon.com/Colin-Bourke-Aboriginal-Australia-Introductory/dp/B008UYLKAMmany titles. Prof. Ian D. Clark. (Very good writer.)

https://www.amazon.com/Ian-D.-Clark/e/B001KIIJKO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

The Journals Of George Augustus Robinson. Ed by Ian D Clark. All 4 volumes in one new book. Also available in separate books.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/The-Papers-of-George-Augustus-Robinson-Chief-Protector-Port-Phillip-Aboriginal/143401495821?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Indigenous and Minority placenames Edited by Prof. Ian D. Clark. Interesting free download.

https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/aboriginal-history/indigenous-and-minority-placenames#pdf

Early classic book by Alfred Howitt on history and customs. Written in 1904. Free download.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Native_Tribes_of_South-East_Australia

Aborigines of Victoria by Robert Brough Smyth . Written in 1878. Free download. Very detailed history and customs

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Aborigines_of_Victoria/Volume_1

Aboriginal Melbourne by Gary Presland. Free online book.

http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00001b.htm

Biggest Estate on Earth by Bill Gammage. eBook free online.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=u-R8BNRYSbMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ebook+Aboriginal+culture&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijg5b1yonoAhXX4HMBHSxWBsA4HhDoAQhIMAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in SE Australia. Ed by Cahir, Clark, & Clark. eBook free online

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OjBZDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ebook+Aboriginal+culture&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRnMvpyonoAhUN8XMBHQxOB_44FBDoAQhBMAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

Indigenous Australia for Dummies. By Rt Hon Larissa Behrendt. Free eBook online.

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=i4XRec9r-rMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ebook+Aboriginal+culture&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMwZvMyonoAhWFdn0KHf7JDykQ6AEIcjAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false