The Significance if Ayers Rock for Aboriginies A5 Booklet, black and white, gloss paper 20 pages Extensive information on the local Aboriginal history in Ayers Rock Various images of Ayers Rock and maps

Cream coloured envelope with cello tape on the back with some rust marks.. On the front hand written in blue ink by S. M. Deravin writes about the photo's in the envelope. It is entitled 'Aboriginies' Copies of these photographs and a typed copy of the verses have been placed in the original book - F. R. Godfrey's journals in the Australiana Room at the National Library in Melbourne (Latrobe St) where they will remain 'in perpetuity'. With them have been placed copies of the photographs of the Jajoweroung or Loddon tribe of blacks, taken at their camp on 'Boort Station' (now 'Dunbar' homestead block) in 1963 and the stables at the 'Boort' homestead with M. H. Godfrey and his sons, with Prince Charlie of the Jajoweroung and of the poem 'The Jajoweroung' These photos and descriptions are in 2400.419a and 419b, also 2400 420a and 420b.S. M. Deravinphilately, postal stationary, aborigines, f. r. godfrey, 'dunbar', 'boort homestead' jajoweroung, s.m. deravin.

Background on Bridle Path up Stony Creek Gorge Pre 1840 C. B. Hall, squatter on Mokepilly Run 1841-1842, first European to discover the Fyans Creek valley, the entrance of which became known as Hall's Gap. He later recorded that he followed a number of tracks which he assumed had been made by the Aboriginies and described one as "leading up a wild romantic glen and over on to the source of the Glenelg River". This could well have been the route taken up Stony Creek gorge by the first timber-cutters in this part of the Grampians to the saddle between the Wonderland and Mt. Difficult ranges known as Valley Gap 1850s/60s Timber cutters and shingle splitters were reported to be moving into the eastern side of the Grampians and by the mid 1860s there were a number of families connected to the supplying of timber to Pleasant Creek living in the "Hall's Gap ranges". John Wakeham, the first store owner in Pleasant Creek in 1854, established a timer-mill in upper Stony Creek Gorge in the late 1850s. Wakeham is credited for the clearing and levelling of the first bridle-path up the gorge. 1870s By the mid 1870s the track had been extended over Valley Gap to the Victoria Forest (the upper region of the Victoria Valley). McKeon's bullock team was known to have hauled red gum from the Valley to Stawell in the late 1870s and the 1880s. 1880s In 1887 an article in the Pleasant Creek news describes the Stony Creek Gorge track as "being a ledge alongside the mountain range, formed in the early days with the aid of earth and timber, along which the bullock teams used to travel to Horsham and plains of the Wimmera beyond." 1890s Gold was discovered in the catchment area of Stony Creek and by the end of the 1890s a new track was built from "near the junction of Fyan's and Stony Creeks, up the gorge to the diggings settlement. The mining Department had paid L300 for its construction and, when completed, the track was "three miles and 30 chains in length, the side cuttings at the narrowest part being 10 feet between" and "the watercourses which cross the track at various points" having been "filled up with rocks rolled down the sides of the hills, and consequently there can be no damage caused by bushfires which destroyed the former wooden bridges erected on the old track to Wakeham's saw-mill, the remains of which are still to be seen at the side of the diggings" The article goes on to further describe the track as one which "can with ease travel with a two horse conveyance either up or down" and that the workmen engaged in the construction of the track would be attending "a ball that night at McKeon's farm near the mouth of the gap to celebrate the successful completion of the undertaking". 1900s At what time the bridle path was extended beyond Valley Gap to the Wartook basin on the Mt. Difficult Range has not yet been determined. However, it is known that, by the turn of the century, people were travelling between Halls Gap and the caretakers' residence at Wartook Reservoir along what was now known as the "Bluff Road. Wartook's embankment had been constructed in 1887 and at that time there was already a track from Rosebrook Station homestead (near the present day Wartook Pottery) to the reservoir. Philip Rose owned both Rosebrook and Wartook Stations from the mid 1840s to the late 1850s and had regularly leased the Wartook basin to Cobb & Co. to rest horses there. 1920s Following the war of 1914-1918, tourism really took off in the Grampians, and Halls Gap rapidly grew. People would travel as far as they could on the many tracks then hike to the many lookouts being discovered by local tour guides. This led to the need for access across the range so that horse riders and the increasing number of vehicles could travel between Horsham and Halls Gap. To this end, the Bluff Road was improved and extended on 1929 and at its opening in March, 1930, by Lady Somers it was renamed the Mt. Victory Road.Map of Mt Victory Road and othersaccess routes, mt victory rd, bridle path, roads

Rev. Kolinio Saukuru was the grandson of the only survivor of the party led by Rev. Thomas Baker, which was massacred and eaten by a hill tribe in central Fiji in 1867. In 1933 he was appointed by the Methodist Mission as a catechist to work among the aborigines of North Australia. He was accepted for the ministry in 1939, and was ordained at Croker Island in 1945. During WWII he was in charge of the Yirrkala Mission Station. B & W head and shoulders studio portrait of the Rev. Kolinio Saukuru, in postcard format.Rev. Kolinio Saukurukolinio saukuru, methodist, minister, thomas baker, fiji, croker island, aboriginies, mission

Edward Stone Parker was the protector of Aborigines at the Mount Franklin Aboriginal Protectorate.Mary Cook Parker (Cooke) and Edward Stone Parker Gravestone at Franklinford Cemetery. Mary Parker died on 11 Oct 1842, aged 35 years. Edward Stone Parker was born in 1802 and died on 25 April 1865. "Sacred to the memory of Edward Stone Parker, Protector of Aborigines. A pioneer of 1838. Died 25th April 1865. Aged 63 years. Als his first wife Mary Cooke Parker. Died 11th Oct 1842. Aged 35 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." "Also his second wife Hannah Parker aged 75 years. Also her father Leonard Edwards. Died 14th Jan 1843 aged 63 years." "Emilie Sarah Parker Wife of George Alfred 29th June 1949, aged 82 years" "Also his eldest son Edward Stone Parker died 23rd November 1847. Aged 18 years also his seventh son Edward Leonard Parker Died 9th Nov 1900. aged 49 years." "And his ninth son George Alfred, :ate Rector Christ Church Daylesford loved husband of E.S. Parker, B.1858 D. 1916." "Also Charles George Bright Parker Vicar of All Saints, St Kilda. Beloved only son of the above, Loved husband of K.H. Parker, B. 1897 D. 1938."frankinford cemetery, edward stone parker, mary cooke parker, protector of aboriginies, mount franklin aboriginal protectorate, hannah parker, leonard edwards, emilie sarah parker, george alfred parker, charles george bright parker

Joseph Parker was the son of Edward Stone Parker and Mary Cooke Parker, Protector of Aborigines at the Franklinford Aboriginal Protectorate.Parker Gravestone at Franklinford Cemetery"In memory of Amelia, wife of Joseph Parker, Died 15th OCt. 1893, aged 71 years. Joseph Parker 1831-1917. Second son of the Protector Authority on Aboriginal Lore. Also, their children Francis Ware, died 23rd April 1862, aged 10 months. Mary Francis, Died 24th March 1866, aged 3 years. frankinford cemetery, edward stone parker, mary cooke parker, protector of aboriginies, mount franklin aboriginal protectorate, joseph parker, amelia parker, francis ware parker, mary frances parker

Franklinford is in the 'shadow' of Mt Franklin, the site of Edward Stone Parker's Aboriginal Protectorate.Photograph of a stone memorial cairn to Edward Stone Parker, Protector of Aborigines. "Edward Stone Parker 1802-1865 Regional Pioneer, Protector of Aborigines Established the Loddon Aboriginal Station Homestead, Church and School near this site in 1841. His devoted service remains a challenge and an Inspiration. April 1965."edward stone parker, protector of aboriginies, aboriginal protectorate, loddon aboriginal protectorate, franklinford aboriginal protectorate, franklinford