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A Bend in the Yarra
A history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841 - 1851
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The Yarra Bend Park marks one of the most important post-contact places in the Melbourne metropolitan area, and is of great significance to Victorian Aboriginal people, particularly the Wurundjeri Aboriginal community. At this site was located the Merri Creek Aboriginal School, the Merri Creek Protectorate Station, the Native Police Corps Headquarters and associated Aboriginal burials.
The historical landscape marks one of the most significant post-contact Aboriginal places in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The confluence continued to hold significance to Aboriginal people after the 1840s, linking pre- and post-contact histories and geographies. The place has added importance in the early twenty first century, as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian address the legacies of our contact past.
100 pages; ISBN 9780855755164
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CONTENTS
Illustrations vii
Abbreviations viii
Metric conversions viii
Acknowledgements ix
1. Introduction 1
Overview 1
2. Study Area 4
Physical geography 4
Land use history prior to 1842 4
Present land use and previous investigations 6
3. Aboriginal Associations 8
Ethnography and land tenure 8
Archaeological background 10
Pre-contact life and culture 10
4. Historical Background 13
Yarra Aboriginal Village Mission 13
Native Police Corps 1837 15
Native Police Corps 1838 15
Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate, 1838–1849 16
Western Port District of the Aboriginal Protectorate 17
5. Merri Creek Protectorate Station 33
Historical sources 34
Site selection for the Merri Creek Protectorate Station 34
Buildings and structural features 36
Administrative responsibility for the land 36
Life at the Merri Creek Protectorate Station 37
Interaction with the Native Police Corps 53
Health and the effects of exotic diseases 54
6. Meni Creek Aboriginal School 59
Origins 59
Edward Peacock, schoolmaster, 1 December 1845–31 May 1848 62
Francis Edgar, schoolmaster, 1 July 1848–31 January l851 69
7. After the Protectorate 74
8. Statement of Significance 75
9. Conclusion 76
Notes 80
Select Bibliography 81
Index 86

