What happened at Coranderrk?
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.
What is the significance of Coranderrk?
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.
Why was Coranderrk successful?
Attracting indigenous people from across the five Kulin tribes of Central Victoria, Coranderrk was quickly hailed a success both among whites and blacks, the latter believing the station would remain a permanent protectorate, a homeland where they could avoid the deprivations of disease and frontier conflict.
Can I 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.
Where is Coranderrk located?
Coranderrk is located at the confluence of Coranderrk (Badger) Creek and the Yarra River, on Woiwurrung country near the Victorian town of Healesville. In 1863, the Victorian colonial government gazetted 2300 acres for the Station as an Aboriginal reserve (extended to 4850 acres by 1866.)
What area is Wurundjeri?
The Wurundjeri are an Aboriginal Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They occupied the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley before British settlement of the area, around the present location of Melbourne, and were called the Yarra tribe by the settlers.
Where is Coranderrk station located?
Coranderrk Aboriginal Station is located on Wurundjeri country, specifically on the Yarra Flats and is bordered by the Yarra River, Badger Creek, Watts River and the slopes of Mount Riddle.
Where is Coranderrk aboriginal reserve?
What Aboriginal land is Healesville?
the Wurundjeri people
Much of what is now Healesville lies on the ancestral land of the Wurundjeri people. An Aboriginal reserve known as Coranderrk, set up in 1863, was located just south of the main township.
Where is Coranderrk?
What Aboriginal land is Ryde on?
Wallumettagal
The Wallumettagal or Wallumedegal (derived from wallumai, meaning snapper (fish)) tribe was an indigenous Aboriginal tribe that inhabited the area of Sydney today known as the Ryde–Hunters Hill area of the Northern Suburbs.
Who helped establish the Australian Aborigines League in 1934?
Cumeragunja exiles in Melbourne led by William Cooper establish the Australian Aborigines League. Other people of eminence in the early AAL included Doug Nicholls, Shadrack James and Marge Tucker.
How long did the Coranderrk Inquiry last for?
The 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry, officially titled ‘The Board Appointed to Enquire into, and Report upon, the Present Condition and Management of the Coranderrk Station’, lasted two and a half months, from late September to early December 1881.
Who was the manager of Coranderrk in 1881?
The 1881 inquiry, which was made up of members of the BPA and a collection of other interested parties including society figure and activist Ann Bon, saw the removal of manager Reverend Strickland and an end to the question of re-locating the Coranderrk people. This sort of organised resistance was not a unique occurrence during the station era.
Who was the Chief Secretary during the Coranderrk Inquiry?
In 1881, Chief-Secretary Graham Berry appointed a Parliamentary Inquiry to investigate the Board’s management of Coranderrk and to decide upon its future. The testimony from this Inquiry gives us an insight into the practices of structural discrimination today.
When was Coranderrk Aboriginal station gazetted as a reserve?
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.
