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judged that: "The appellants have an interest in the subject matter of the present action which is greater than that of other members of the public and indeed greater than that of other persons of Aboriginal descent who are not members of the Gournditch-jmara people. The applicants and other members
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to encourage squatters to take possession of whatever Aboriginal land they chose,....that largely explains why almost all the original inhabitants of Port Phillip's vast grasslands were dead so soon after 1835". By 1845, fewer than 240 wealthy Europeans held all the pastoral licences then issued in
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The first settlers avoided the Western District (preferring the forest country further west), as its countryside was then exceptionally dry: tussocks were so scanty it was said one could walk to Geelong without stepping on grass. Runoff after rainfall was rapid, and it was claimed that only after
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to 11.1 to 26.6 °C (52.0 to 79.9 °F) in the northern part of the plain. Rainfall in summer is not uncommon but is only rarely heavy; though in March 1946 rains of up to 300 millimetres (12 in) in a week constitute easily the heaviest falls in the district. In winter, temperatures
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Pulled over in the whale boat to Dutton's River. Light wind from the N.E. Very warm. Arrived at 6 p.m., made the boat fast in the middle of the river, and started three days' walk in the bush accompanied by H Camfield, Wm Dutton, five men, one black woman and 14 dogs, each man with a gun and
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With the Aboriginal population dispossessed of hunting grounds and their centuries-old management of fire having been disrupted for almost 15 years, the Colony experienced for the first time its largest ever bushfires, burning about 25% of the land area of Victoria on
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appointed 5 "Aboriginal Protectors" for the entire Aboriginal population of Victoria, arriving in Melbourne in 1839, they worked "...within a land policy that nullified their work, and there was no political will to change this." "It was government
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that make the district the best grazing land in Australia, as well as highly suitable for the production of vegetable crops. Away from the volcanoes, soils are of moderate to low fertility and many are sandy, supporting heathland flora like the
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By 1839, large numbers of homeless Aboriginal people from surrounding pastoral districts, were "....surviving whenever and however they could on the geographic, social and economic margins of the town ." When Chief Protector of Aborigines
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typically range from minima of around 5 °C (41 °F) to maxima of 12 to 13 °C (54 to 55 °F), and rainfall is very frequent and reliable, averaging from 550 mm (22 in) in the driest area around
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were recognised by the Federal Court of Australia to be the native title-holders of almost 140,000 hectares (350,000 acres) of Crown land and waters in the Portland area. On 27 July 2011, together with the
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The colonisation of the Western District had huge impacts beyond the immediate district. By January 1844, there were said to be 675 Aborigines resident in squalid camps in Melbourne. Although the British
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The climate is mild to warm and generally humid to sub-humid. Summer temperatures are warm, with February means ranging from 13.1 to 21.9 °C (55.6 to 71.4 °F) at
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of the Gournditch-jmara people would be more particularly affected than other members of the Australian community by the destruction of the relics".
1874: 1004:, pine plantations have been the dominant industry since the 1950s but the industry, even as plantations mature, is under threat due to poor prices. 795:, in which both they and colonists experienced violent deaths. The Gunditjmara resistance became overwhelmed by the colonisers who brought in the 1408:(paperback). Monograph series. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Native Title Research Unit. pp. 9–10. 1981: 849:
in 1861, however, the Gunditjmara from the Portland region refused because of tension with rival Aboriginal clans from the eastern boundary of
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Barta, Tony (2008). ""They appear actually to vanish from the face of the Earth." Aborigines and the European project in Australia Felix".
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in his visit to Melbourne addressed 120 Aboriginal people, "...whom he exhorted...to good conduct and attention to the Missionary.' The
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On descending the hill we saw a native. He immediately ran on seeing us. He was busily employed pulling the gums from the wattle trees.
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were developed. Dairying was developed as a major industry in the wetter southern parts during this period, as was the cultivation of
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Victoria and became the patriarchs "...that were to wield so much political and economic power in Victoria for generations to come."
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was the first to survey the area in 1839. Sheep were first brought to the district in 1836 by Thomas Manifold at Port Henry, near
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Between 1836 and 1842, Victorian Aboriginal groups were largely dispossessed of hunting grounds larger than the whole of
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The People of Budj Bim: Engineers of aquaculture, builders of stone house settlements and warriors defending country
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The People of Budj Bim: Engineers of aquaculture, builders of stone house settlements and warriors defending country
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people were recognised to be the native title-holders of almost 4,000 hectares (9,900 acres) of Crown land in the
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was grown in the drier northern part of the district for some time until more easily managed soils in the
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cattle had firmed the soil that the grass began to thicken. The regional climate also became much wetter.
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were given blankets and four favoured men, who had been recommended for 'honorary distinctions' by
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at Portland. The Supreme Court dismissed their subsequent application for leave to appeal to the
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Aboriginal languages and clans: An historical atlas of western and central Victoria, 1800-1900
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In the Otway Ranges, forestry became the major industry, especially after the building of the
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which opened up these very wet areas. Because of the change in focus since the late 1960s to
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It consists of a nearly flat volcanic plain created by a number of quite recently active
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Scars in the landscape: A register of massacre sites in western Victoria, 1803-1859
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arrived in the town in the winter of 1839, "four to five hundred blacks of the
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In 1980, the Gunditjmara launched Onus v. Alcoa, taking legal action in the
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and a Victorian record 891 mm (35.1 in) at nearby Tanybryn.
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Lovett on behalf of the Gunditjmara People v State of Victoria (No 5)
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fought for their hunting grounds in a series of clashes known as the
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in 1836), combined whaling and farming. The district was explored by
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Farm, archaeologists have discovered the remains of 160 house sites.
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border in the west. The district is well known for the production of
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of weather-proof houses with stone walls a metre high, located near
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at the time colonisation began. For example, the ancestors of the
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A distant field of murder: Western district frontiers, 1834-1848
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A distant field of murder: Western district frontiers, 1834-1848
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tribes" were gathering at a camp site on the south bank of the
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Lovett on behalf of the Gunditjmara People v State of Victoria
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people of the west to a mission established further east near
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Both the Henty brothers and Captain Griffiths (who settled at
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regions; extending from the south-west corner of the state to
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1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
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cultural sites located on the same place as the proposed
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in 1836 who identified the area's potential for grazing.
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The Gunditjmara People (2010). Wettenhall, Gib (ed.).
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sufficient quantity of damper to last for the voyage.
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Ballarat: Ballarat Heritage Services. 1373:Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines 1358:Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines 1343:Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines 865:was set aside for use as an Aboriginal 657:wrote in his diary on 3 December 1834: 646:and elsewhere - on just one hectare of 14: 2445: 1108: 1677: 1064:"Victoria's Barwon South West Region" 957: 666:In the 5 December entry Henty wrote: 175:Map of the geologically volcanic area 2413: 706:With pastoral land in the colony of 574:, others have given rise to fertile 55:adding citations to reliable sources 26: 271:Localities around Western District: 24: 1657:The Gunditjmara Land Justice Story 1531: 1406:The Gunditjmara Land Justice Story 1271:Australian Dictionary of Biography 1096:. Victorian Government. 8 May 2014 1070:. Victorian Government. 8 May 2014 694:occupied almost all the district. 25: 2474: 883:Australian Aboriginal land rights 772: 714:turned his attention to mainland 383:. 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Black Inc. pp. 105–109. 1213: 1200: 1148: 1082: 1056: 1034:"Meaning of Regional Victoria" 1026: 742:, were awarded brass plates." 710:fully allocated to colonists, 387:district in the north, by the 13: 1: 1484:Weir, Jessica (2009) pp.13-18 1210:, em Press, Heywood, pp.16-27 1094:Regional Development Victoria 1090:"Victoria's Grampians Region" 1068:Regional Development Victoria 1019: 871:Soldier Settlement Commission 131:Region in Victoria, Australia 1703: 1540:Journal of Genocide Research 1371:Rae-Ellis, Vivienne (1988). 1356:Rae-Ellis, Vivienne (1988). 806: 7: 2458:Regions of Victoria (state) 2453:Western District (Victoria) 1007: 833: 10: 2479: 1475:Boyce, James (2008). p.163 1466:Boyce, James (2008). p.199 1457:Boyce, James (2008). p.177 1328:Boyce, James (2008). p.186 1316:Boyce, James (2008). p.148 880: 776: 718:at the vast grasslands of 619: 615: 590: 557: 18:Western District, Victoria 2389: 2226: 2134: 2068: 2035: 2012: 1959: 1936: 1888: 1865: 1853: 1842: 1804:Australian rules football 1711: 1552:10.1080/14623520802447768 1303:. 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