John Bulmer spent forty years of his life as missionary to Aboriginal people in Victoria, in 1855 devoting his activities to communities on the Murray, but most of his life was spent at Lake Tyers where he established a Church of England mission in 1862, In his later years he wrote a series of thirteen papers in which he recorded his observations on the life and times of the people to whom he ministered. Over a period of several years Alistair Campbell transliterated the manuscripts, altering a little but retaining the flavour of the original text.maps, b&w photograph, word lists, tablesgunai kurnai, gippsland, lake tyers, lakes entrance, king charley, snowy river, ellen hood, sarah moffat, lance mcdougall, kassie mcdougall, tom foster, alec mccrae, nellie blair, john bulmer, victorian history, indigenous social life, kinship, religion and mythology, bush foods

A copy of a black and white photograph of a group of couples all on a visit to Marysville for their honeymoons. The original photograph was taken in April 1938 and was the chance first meeting of the honeymooners which blossomed into life-long friendships amongst the couples.A copy of a black and white photograph of a group of couples all on a visit to Marysville for their honeymoons.MARYSVILLE - APRIL 1938 LEFT TO RIGHT: HONEYMOONERS: FREDA AND ALAN HANCOCK (MY PARENTS)/ BERT AND WINIFRED (WINNIE) MILLER/ MARION AND CHARLEY KING ?/ ? THE BUS DRIVER THE CHANCE FIRST MEETING OF THE ABOVE HONEYMOONERS/ BLOSSOMED INTO LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIPS NORMAN HANCOCK 2009marysville, victoria, australia, honeymoon, photograph