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Bunurong Tribe : 28-September-2011
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Plaque commemorates the Bunurong tribe of Aborigines and the effect of diseases brought by European people which destroyed their way of life.
Location
| Address: | Purves Road, Seawinds Park, Dromana, 3936 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.358625 Long: 144.950326 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Indigenous |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MA,VMRVictoria 150
Growing together 1984-5
This tablet commemorates the BUNURONG people, land holders of the Westernport region from time immemorial, who were among the first Aborigines in Victoria to experience contact with Europeans. The presence of sealing and whaling crews from the 1820s, and of permanent settlers from the 1830s, brought diseases fatal to the Aborigines and began disintegration of traditional tribal life.
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