Bunurong (also spelt Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Bunurowrung, Boonoorong and Bururong) is the language and name of the Bunurong people, an Australian Aboriginal tribe of six clans along the coast of Victoria, Australia. This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Their territory ranged from the Werribee River, across the Mornington Peninsula, Western Port Bay to Wilsons Promontory. The Werribee River is located on the plain west of Melbourne, Victoria Australia. The Mornington Peninsula is a Peninsula located south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Western Western Port, sometimes referred to as Western Port Bay, is an inlet on the southern coast of Australia from Bass Strait and the Pacific Ocean Wilsons Promontory National Park, commonly known as Wilsons Prom or The Prom, is a national park in the Gippsland region of Victoria ( Australia
They were referred to by Europeans as the Western Port or Port Philip tribe and were in alliance with other tribes in the Kulin nation. The Kulin alliance is one of the Indigenous Australian nations of Australia who lived in central Victoria Australia, around Port Phillip The Yalukit-willam clan occupied the thin coastal strip from Werribee, to Williamstown, around to Mordialloc Creek. The Mayone-bulluk occupied the area at the top of the Mornington Peninsula and the head of Westernport Bay. The Ngaruk-Willam occupied from Dandenong across to the Mordialloc area. The Yallock-Bullock occupied from the Bass River on the eastern side of Westernport Bay. The Burinyung-Ballak occupied. . . . The Yowenjerre occupied the eastern-most side of Bunurong land.
The Bunurong have two totems, Bunjil (the Eagle), their creator, and Waarn (the Raven), protector of waterways. In Australian Aboriginal mythology, specifically Kulin including Wurundjeri and Bunurong, Bunjil is the supreme god the creator The Australian Raven ( Corvus coronoides) is the largest Australian member of the Genus Corvus and one of three Australian species commonly
Derrimut (1810c - 28 May 1864), a Bunurong Elder, informed the early European settlers in October 1835 of an impending attack by clans from the Woiwurrung group. Derrimut is a relatively new suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The colonists armed themselves, and the attack was averted. Benbow and Billibellary, from the Wurundjeri, also acted to protect the colonists as part of their duty of hospitality. The Wurundjeri are Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation who occupied the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now Melbourne Derrimut later became very disillusioned and died in the Benevolent Asylum at the age of about 54 years in 1864. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A few colonists erected a tombstone to Derrimut in Melbourne General Cemetery in his honour. The Melbourne General Cemetery is a large (43 Hectare) Necropolis located 2 km (1
Like the neighboring Wurundjeri people, European settlement had a devastating effect on the Bunurong. The Wurundjeri are Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation who occupied the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now Melbourne Many died from European diseases, native foods became more scarce as they were forced from their lands for grazing, and birth rates plummeted. Some of the women, like Louisa Briggs, were kidnapped by whalers and sealers and taken to islands in Bass Strait to work as slaves. Bass Strait (bæs is a sea Strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland ( Victoria in particular
A few survivors eventually were settled in 1863 at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station near Healesville, with people from neighboring tribes, particularly Wurundjeri. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Coranderrk was an Indigenous Australian mission station set up in 1863 to provide land under the policy of concentration for such people who had been dispossessed by the arrival of Europeans Healesville is a town located to the northeast of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Wurundjeri are Indigenous Australians of the Kulin nation who occupied the Yarra River Valley and its tributaries in what is now Melbourne Coranderrk was closed in 1924 and its occupants moved to Lake Tyers in Gippsland. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border
From 2005 the Bunurong people are represented by the Bunurong Land Council. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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