Aboriginal boundaries and movements in Western Port, Victoria

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ID9348462
AutoresDenise Gaughwin, Hilary Sullivan
Año2011
Volumen8
Fecha de publicación2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAboriginal History Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0314-8769 • E-ISSN: 1837-9389
EditorialANU Press (PUBLISHER • AU)
DOI10.22459/ah.08.2011.07
OpenAlexW2268585413
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas2

The existence and nature of tribes and tribal boundaries in Australia have been contro versial issues for some time. Peterson1 has outlined this debate regarding the existence of tribes, their usefulness as an analytical concept and the nature of tribal boundaries. In southeast Australia the effects of early European contact have made the resolution of these problems particularly difficult. This paper presents the historical evidence relating to one 'tribe', the Bunurong, who inhabited the Western Port and Mornington Peninsula areas of Victoria. The evidence presented on this 'tribe', its boundaries, local organisation and movements, is predominantly derived from one observer -William Thomas, Assistant Protector of Aborigines, supplemented by the observations of early settlers and visitors. Thus we are seeking to elaborate upon the work of Tindale2 in an attempt to discover the nature of the boundaries. In particular we aim to isolate local groups to ascertain how they used their local area and the kinds of movements made both within and beyond these areas. The contemporary documents provide some evidence of the organisation of a specific tribe, its use of relatively small area and its relationships with neighbouring groups

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