Book, Isabel Ellender et al, People of the Merri Merri : the Wurundjeri in colonial days, 2001

Physical description

This book looks at the earliest years of contact between Aborigines and Europeans in the Melbourne area. The contact period saw the Wurundjerei-willam resisting, coping with and adapting to a new and alien culture. A degree of mutual respect seems to have existed, at least for a short time, of each other?s intentions. It appears that the settlement at Port Phillip did not encounter the degree of violence seen elsewhere.

Inscriptions & markings

maps, b&w illustrations, colour

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