What was the Coranderrk mission?
Coranderrk was established as a reserve for the Aboriginal people of south-central Victoria, operated under Australia’s first administrative framework to ‘manage’ Aboriginal affairs, an approach later adopted throughout the country. Coranderrk’s residents fought against efforts to control their lives.
Can you visit Coranderrk?
Please note that Coranderrk Aboriginal Station is not open to the public except for special events. Refuel at one of the Yarra Valley’s incredible food and drink venues, including our Event Sponsors: Healesville Hotel, Yarra Valley Dairy, Four Pillars Gin, Watts River Brewing and TarraWarra Estate.
Was Coranderrk successful?
In its early years Coranderrk was a productive farming community and made enough money to survive. The government inspector and manager, John Green, supported Coranderrk residents in running the station themselves, and as a result their literacy, diet and health improved.
What happened at Coranderrk Reserve?
Decline, closure and aftermath. As a result of the Aborigines Protection Act of 1886, around 60 residents were ejected from Coranderrk on the eve of the 1890s Depression. Their forced departure crippled Coranderrk as an enterprise, with only around 15 able-bodied men left to work the hitherto successful hop gardens.
Who set up Coranderrk?
Establishment of Coranderrk This site was named Coranderrk – the Woi Wurrung name for the native Christmas Bush that grew in the area. Uncle Wonga formed a group of 15 Wurundjeri, Taungurung and Boon Wurrung men to travel to Melbourne to request ownership of the site they had settled on.
Why was Coranderrk closed?
A group of Coranderrk residents sent a petition to the Victorian colonial government in 1886 to protest the controls that were applied to their lives by the government, that became known as the Coranderrk Petition. The reserve was formally closed in 1924, with most residents removed to Lake Tyers Mission.
What Aboriginal land is Tullamarine on?
Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Tullamareena (or Tullamarine, Dullamarin) was a senior man of the Wurundjeri, a Koori, (Aboriginal) people of the Melbourne area, at the time of the British settlement in Victoria, Australia, in 1835.
What did the aboriginals call Melbourne?
Naarm
The traditional Aboriginal name of Melbourne is Naarm and Naarm is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. The Kulin Nation is a collective of five Aboriginal nations: Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Wathaurrung, Daungwurrung and Dja DjaWrung.
What is the history of the Coranderrk Mission?
In Victoria, Aboriginal leaders began petitioning local authorities for land for their people, and in 1863 they were allocated a site on which Indigenous people could live as a community. This site became known as the Coranderrk mission.
What is the history of Coranderrk Aboriginal station?
In June 1863, 2300 acres were gazetted as a reserve for Coranderrk Aboriginal Station. Indigenous testimony shows that Coranderrk was productive and profitable in its early years. Green’s management supported the Kulin peoples’ autonomy in developing the station and was respectful of Indigenous traditions.
Why did the police come to Coranderrk Station?
“The settlers didn’t understand that and so they called in the police and that was sort of part of the start of the movement — it was already happening — of getting us out of the way because they thought we were attacking them.” More than 160 years on, Uncle Dave has returned cultural burning to the iconic Coranderrk Station.
What is corcoranderrk?
Coranderrk was established as a reserve for the aboriginal people of south-central Victoria, operated under Australia’s first administrative framework to ‘manage’ Aboriginal affairs, an approach later adopted throughout the country.