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A bend in the Yarra : a history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School, 1841-1851 / Ian D. Clark and Toby Heydon.

Title: A bend in the Yarra : a history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School, 1841-1851 / Ian D. Clark and Toby Heydon.
Author: Clark, Ian D., 1958-
Publication: Canberra, A.C.T. : Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004.

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Description

ix, 90 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.

Summary

"Ian Clark and Toby Heydon's A Bend in the Yarra provides an authoritative analysis of Aboriginal cultural institutions in colonial Victoria. It will interest organisations involved in Indigenous cultural tourism, and prove a valuable resource for schools teaching Victorian Indigenous history, society and geography. Above all, it is an engaging and accessible history of a popular Melbourne parkland."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Report series / Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Uniform Title

Report series (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)

Alternative Title

Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School, 1841-1851

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Study area -- 3. Aboriginal associations -- 4. Historical background -- 5. Merri Creek protectorate station -- 6. Merri Creek Aboriginal school -- 7. After the protectorate -- 8. Statement of significance -- 9. Conclusion.

ISBN

0855754699

OCLC

58464102
SCSB-12369951

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Harvard Library