Wergaia elder Eleanor Bourke said: "We have made a very big compromise to you Europeans within a system that is your own not ours … We do … This page was last modified on 22 October 2015, at 09:52. Dick-a-Dick was one of the Wudjubalug and Jardwadjali men who formed the basis for the Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. [13] Horatio Cockburn Ellerman, an early settler who came to run the Antwerp station in 1846, had participated in several raids on Aboriginal camps,[24] and was notoriously hard on the Indigenous people early in his career. He was taken in by Lloyd Chase and later taken to England to be educated, While in England he contracted a lung disease and died on 10 March 1852. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. [18], One dreamtime story of the Wudjubalug people tells of how Gnowee, the sun, was created by Pupperimbul, one of the Nurrumbunguttia before these ancient spirits disappeared from the heavens before man himself was created, and the earth was in sheer darkness. What we do. [27] Ellerman took her orphaned child in. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. These were also sometimes called “tribes”, “tribal groups” or “language groups”. The indigenous peoples of the Wimmera won native title recognition on 13 December 2005 after a ten-year legal process. A description of Aboriginal languages’ history and situation in Victoria. [6], In 1902 the State Government of Victoria decided to close the Ebenezer Mission due to low numbers. His reports of the well-watered mallee country provided encouragement for the subsequent rush of settlers with their cattle and sheep eager to establish pastoral stations. In the following twenty years many Wergaia people were forcibly moved to Lake Tyers Mission in Gippsland under police escort, along with closure of all rations to Ebenezer Mission and seizure of children. [27] Just before his death he asked to be baptised in the Christian faith, and was given the baptismal name William Wimmera. One site in the Victoria Range (Billawin Range) has been dated from 22,000 years ago. Profile: The Mallee Plains in Western Victoria is home to Victoria’s first negotiated Native Title determination with the Wotjibolik Native Group, of which Wergaia is a party. [6], Ebenezer Mission was established in 1859 in Wergaia country at a site called Banji bunag, near the site of the killing of Willie's mother which was a traditional meeting place and corroboree ground. Quite the same Wikipedia. Delegates: Positions Vacant. Spieseke, who had been active at lake Boga for several years, established the Ebenezer Mission in 1859 in Wergaia country at a site called Banji bunag (variously spelled Bungo budnutt/Punyo Bunnutt),[29] close to where Willie's mother was killed, and a traditional meeting place and corroboree ground. Pupperimbul hurled an emu egg into the firmament, whereupon it burst and shed light over the sky. [4] Wergaia was apparently a dialect of the Wemba Wemba language. Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea! It also lists Victorian languages and their regions and contains a brief description of Wergaia. Description This consultation draft is a sketch grammar of Wergaia, incorporating a revised Wergaia Wordlist (version 1), now renamed Wergaia dictionary, which was developed from recent and historical sources, and funded by the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages. The first 10 years of European settlement in the area was met with considerable resistance by the Maligundidj. (Wergaia) Comments Welcome to Country Traditional Owner appropriate, Invite a senior , as to give a Welcome to Country past and the oral and to speak about the history of Aboriginal people in the area.

The mission closed in 1904, and most of the land reverted to the Victorian Lands Department as crown land, and was opened up for selection. The site was chosen with the assistance of Ellerman. This recognition is not just from non-Indigenous sources but from self-identification and collective Indigenous recognition. The northern rise of Marpeankuurk (Arcturus) signalled that it was time to harvest the larvae of the wood ant, a species of carpenter ant. It was the first successful native title claim in south-eastern Australia and in Victoria, determined by Justice Ron Merkel involving Wudjubalug, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk people. Alternatively, ask a community member to make an Acknowledgement of Country, and to speak about the history of Aboriginal people in the area. [8], The Wergaia had a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy and connected the rising and setting of particular stars with seasonal events and dreamtime mythology.[9][10]. In 1981 or early 1982 the aboriginal community met in Horsham and applied for registration as the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Cooperative. Despite these measures, some Wergaia families avoided relocation and remained on their ancestral lands.[6]. He had, according to the testimony of William Taylor, had taken part in a punitive raid in the southern Wimmera.

There is evidence of occupation in Gariwerd many thousands of years before the last ice-age. [7] A notable former clan is the Boorong, whose astronomical traditions were recorded by William Edward Stanbridge in the late 19th century. These are areas in which the Aboriginal peoples suffered severe and extensive dispossession, degradation and devastation as a consequence of the establishment of British sovereignty over their lands and waters during the 19th century.[32]. One dreamtime story of the Wotjobaluk people is of Gnowee, the solar goddess, and how she came to wander the sky lighting the whole world. European contact and history Just before his death he asked to be baptised in the Christian faith. Just better. The Wergaia Native Title Group was also a party to the Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) which paved the way for the Mildura Marina Project (see Latji Latji). Wergaia or Werrigia is an indigenous Australian language group in the Wimmera region of north-Western Victoria. [31] In his reasons for judgement Justice Merkel made special mention of Wudjubalug elder Uncle Jack Kennedy and explained the significance of his orders: The orders I propose to make are of special significance as they constitute the first recognition and protection of native title resulting in the ongoing enjoyment of native title in the State of Victoria and, it would appear, on the South-Eastern seaboard of Australia. [13] Strong resistance to this influx meant that Europeans could not travel unarmed in Wergaia territory during the first decade of settlement. It also lists Victorian languages and their regions and contains a brief description of Wergaia. A sixteen-page account of his life was published which focused on his religious redemption.[14]. MLDRIN performs a number of functions for traditional owners in the Murray Darling Rivers Valleys, Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations, First Nations Kick off Assessment of NSW Water Plans, Derailing the Basin Plan will hurt rivers and our communities, First Nations’ MDBA appointment a big step forward, Study shows Australians support water allocations for First Nations. In the following twenty years many Wergaia people were forcibly moved to Lake Tyers Mission in Gippsland under police escort, along with closure of all rations to Ebenezer Mission and seizure of children.[30].

The celestial pattern of the near stars reflected kinship patterns: Gnowee's sister was Chargee Gnowee (Venus), the wife of Ginabongbearp (Jupiter). Membership on MLDRIN Confederation is for recognised traditional groups or Nations. It is likely that first contact with Europeans was through smallpox epidemics which arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 and rapidly spread through the trading networks of indigenous Australians and killed many people in two waves before the 1830s. The Mallee Plains in Western Victoria is home to Victoria’s first negotiated Native Title determination with the Wotjibolik Native Group, of which Wergaia is a party. Wergaia. According to Clark, Goolum goolum is a Wergaia word meaning 'stranger, especially a dangerous stranger, wild blackfellow. The setting of Coonartoorung (the Beehive Cluster) in the constellation of Cancer marked the onset of autumn. The site was chosen with the assistance of Ellerman. * By May 1849 E.R. https://cv.vic.gov.au/.../interview-wergaia-elder-professor-eleanor-bourke Before European settlement in the nineteenth century, the Wergaia-occupied the area that included Lake Hindmarsh, Lake Albacutya, Pine Plains Lake, Lake Werringrin, Lake Corong, Warracknabeal, Beulah, Hopetoun, Dimboola, Ouyen, Yanac, Hattah Lakes and the Wimmera River. Ellerman obtained a warrant in 1844, and, enlisting the assistance of Border Police, tracked down the suspect, shooting him together with another Wudjubalug. Wergaia traditional country also includes rights at Hattah Lakes and the Wimmera River. Intermarriage occurred often with the Jardwadjali and Dja Dja Wurrung peoples, and meetings and ceremonies were attended with the Dadidadi, Wadiwadi, and Ladjiladji peoples to their north.

[6], The clans that spoke Wergaia have lived in the area for up to 30,000 to 40,000 years. It was the first successful native title claim in south-eastern Australia and in Victoria, determined by Justice Ron Merkel involving Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagalk people. Ellerman lost track of the boy while he consigned his wool to Melbourne in 1850, and Willie, who was picked up and befriended by schoolboys, was adopted by the Reverend Lloyd Chase and later taken to Britain to be educated as a missionary to his people. Quite the same Wikipedia. [27], Two Moravian missionaries, Friedrich Hagenauer and F.W. According to Clark, Goolum goolum is a Wergaia word meaning 'stranger, especially a dangerous stranger, wild blackfellow. Dick-a-Dick was a Wudjubalug tracker responsible for finding the three Duff children lost in the Australian bush for 9 days in 1864 which garnered national and even international attention. The Indigenous peoples of the Wimmera won native title recognition on 13 December 2005 after a ten-year legal process. * Between 1859-1862 annual depasturing licences were being issued but few were taken up. One Wudjubalug account called the disease thinba micka. [21][22], It is likely that first contact with Europeans was through smallpox epidemics which arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 and rapidly spread through the trading networks of Indigenous Australians and killed many people in two waves before the 1830s. It killed large numbers of people, and disfigured many more with pock-marked faces, and tribal elders said it came down the Murray River sent by malevolent sorcerers to the north. Dick-a-Dick was one of the Wotjobaluk and Jardwadjali men who formed the basis for the Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868. One dreamtime story of the Wotjobaluk people is of Gnowee, the solar goddess, and how she came to wander the sky lighting the whole world. White had been appointed to survey the border between Victoria and South Australia. [23], The explorer Edward John Eyre was possibly the first European (called by the Wergaia ngamadjidj)[13] seen by the Maligundidj when he followed the Wimmera River to Lake Hindmarsh in 1838. His reports of the mallee country spurred a rush of settlers with their cattle and sheep eager to establish pastoral stations.