Djargurd Wurrong
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The Djargurd Wurrong (also spelt Djargurd Wurrung) are
Language
The Djargurd Wurrung people spoke the Djargurd Wurrung dialect of the Dhauwurd Wurrung language.
Country
The classification of the Groups on this territory has been subject to controversy.
History
The traditional lands of the Djargurd Wurrung and Gulidjan, including the Western District Lakes, now a Ramsar site,[4] have been used by the indigenous peoples for thousands of years. There are many archaeological sites registered that include fish traps, surface scatters, middens and burial sites.
At the time of European settlement in the 1830s and 1840s the Djargurd suffered from
When the
In 1883 Wombeetch Puuyuun (also known as Camperdown George) died at the age of 43 and was buried in a bog outside the bounds of Camperdown Cemetery. On Dawson's return from a trip to Scotland he was shocked at where his friend had been buried and personally reburied Wombeetch in Camperdown Cemetery. He appealed for money to raise a monument, but with little public support, primarily funded the monument himself. The 7-metre (23 ft) obelisk was erected as a memorial to Wombeetch Puuyuun and the Aboriginal people of the district,[6] and has been described as still inspiring today.[7]
Clan system
The Djargurd wurrung people had 12
| No | Clan name | Approximate location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barumbidj gundidj | Lake Purrumbete |
| 2 | Djargurd balug | Western bank of Lake corargamite |
| 3 | Koenghegulluc | Lake Colongulac and east of Mount Myrtoon |
| 4 | Korrungow werroke gundidj | Lake bookar and the cloven hills |
| 5 | Leehoorah gundidj | Mount Leura and Lakes Bullen-merri and Gnotuk |
| 6 | Mullungkil gundidj | south of Lake Purrumbete, including Mount Porndon |
| 7 | Netcunde | Cobrico Swamp, lake cobrico and Ewen hill |
| 8 | Tarnbeere gundidj | eastern bank of Mount Emu Creek |
| 9 | Teerinyillum gundidj | Mount Elephant |
| 10 | Uropine gundidj | Darlington |
| 11 | Wane gundidj colac | near Lake Elingamite |
| 12 | Worong gundidj | east of Lake Elingamite |
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Clark 1995, p. 103.
- ^ Tindale 1974, p. 205.
- ^ Clark 1995, p. v.
- ^ Hale & Butcher 2011, pp. 1–136.
- ^ Clark 1995, pp. 105–106.
- ^ Bulbeck 1991, pp. 168–178.
- ^ Broome 2005, pp. 166–181.
Sources
- Black, Maggie (2016). Up Came a Squatter: Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839–1880. ISBN 978-1-742-24252-1.
- Broome, Richard (2005). Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800. ISBN 978-1-74114-569-4.
- Bulbeck, Chilla (1991). "Aborigines, memorials and the history of the frontier". Australian Historical Studies. 24 (96): 168–178. .
- ISBN 0-85575-281-5.
- Dawson, James (1881). Australian Aborigines: The Languages and Customs of Several Tribes of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria, Australia (PDF). Melbourne: George Robertson.
- Hale, J.; Butcher, R (2011). Ecological Character Description for the Western District Lakes Ramsar site (PDF). Canberra: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.