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Quick Links & Resources

Coranderrk 1890 –courtesy of  Victorian State Library

More information about Coranderrk, our people & 
our traditional & modern cultural practices

 

This is not a comprehensive list. Please contact us to suggest additions if you notice something is missing.

Coranderrk, Wurundjeri and Healesville​

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Books -

  • Broome, E, 2005, Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800,  Allen & Unwin.

  • Eidelson, M, 2014, Melbourne Dreaming. A Guide to Important Places Past and Present, Aboriginal Studies Press.

  • Griffiths, T, 2001, Forests of Ash: An Environmental History, Cambridge University Press.

  • Healesville & District Historical Society, 2013 - 15, A Pictorial History of Healesville Volumes1-3, Healesville & District Historical Society.

  • Lacey, G, 2004, Still Glides the Stream: The Natural History of the Yarra from Heidelberg to Yarra Bend, Australian Scholarly Publishing.

  • Nanni, G, & James, A, 2013, Coranderrk - We Will Show The Country, Aboriginal Studies Press.

  • Newton, J, Herlihy, K, Phillips K.L, & James, I, 2011, Aborigines in the Yarra Valley & Northern Dandenongs, Mount Evelyn History Group.

  • Presland, G, 2010, First People: The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip & Central Victoria, Museum Victoria.

  • Symonds, S, 1982, Healesville: History in the Hills, Pioneer Design Studio.

  • Wiencke, S, 1984, When The Wattles Bloom Again: The Life And Times Of William Barak, Last Chief Of The Yarra Yarra Tribe, S.W. Wiencke.

  • Woiwood, M, 2017, Barak & the Black Hats of Melbourne: The Untold Story of How the Black Hats Destroyed Coranderrk, Mick Woiwood.

  • Woiwood, M, 2012, Coranderrk Database, Mick Woiwood.​

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Victorian First Peoples

 

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Books -

  • Boyce, J, 2013, 1835, Black Inc.

  • Broome, R, 2005, Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 , Allen & Unwin.

  • Cahir, F,  Clark, I, ‎& Clarke, P, 2018, Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia: Perspectives of Early Colonists, CSIRO Publishing.

  • Griffiths, T, 2001, Forests of Ash: An Environmental History, Cambridge University Press.

  • Presland, G, 2010, First People: The Eastern Kulin of Melbourne, Port Phillip & Central Victoria, Museum Victoria.

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​Australian First Peoples - history, traditional and modern practice, social commentary and philosophy​

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Books -

  • Gammage, B, 2011, The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia, Allen & Unwin.

  • Grant, S, 2016, Talking to My Country, Harper Collins.

  • Newton, J, 2016, The Oldest Foods on Earth: A History of Australian Native Foods, Newsouth.

  • Pascoe, B, 2007, Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love With Your Country. Aboriginal Studies Press.

  • Pascoe, B, 2014, Dark Emu. Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? Magbala Books.

  • Stanner, W.E.H. (Intro. by Manne, R, 2009) The Dreaming and Other Essays, Black Inc. Agenda.

  • Steffensen, V, 2020, Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia, Hardie Grant Travel.

  • Yunkaporta, T, 2019, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, Text Publishing​.

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Teaching Resources and Children's

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Books -

  • Kennedy, L & Murphy, Aunty J. (2020) Welcome to Country (Board book), Walker Books Australia.

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Online resources - stories and collections

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Organisations

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Wurundjeri Flora and Fauna
  • Bull, M, 2014, Flora of Melbourne: A Guide to the Indigenous Plants of the Greater Melbourne Area, Hyland House Publishing.

  • Costermans, L, 2009, Native Trees and Shrubs of Southeastern Australia, Reed New Holland.

  • Mason, P, & the Yarra Valley Branch BOCA, 2010, Birds of the Yarra Catchment: And Where to Find Them, Bird Observation & Conservation Australia Yarra Valley Branch.

  • Wigney, R. (Ed.), 1994, Plants of the Merri Merri, Merri Creek Management Committee, Friends of Merri Creek.

  • ​Zolla, N, & Gott, B, 1992,  Koorie Plants, Koorie People: Traditional Aboriginal Food, Fibre and Healing Plants of Victoria, Koorie Heritage Trust.

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