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Nancy and Jimmy Dunbar died in 1877, the last Bunurong people from the Mordialloc camp. [ 26 ] In 1878 the Minister of Lands, in deciding on the application by George Langridge for 4.0 hectares (10 acres) at Mordialloc "believed to have been reserved for an aboriginal reserve", denied that the Lands department had ever allocated it to such purpose.
When camped in Mulgrave, the Bunurong lived off emus and kangaroos which were abundant in the area. Their hunting grounds extended up to the Yarra River to the north-west, the Dandenong Ranges to the east and the hills down to Western Port and Port Phillip to the south and south-west. The most famous Bunurong was the elder Derrimut, to whom the ...
Bunurong, Bunwurrung, Boonwerung, Boonoorong and Bururong [37] Bunwurru; Putnaroo, Putmaroo; Thurung (an eastern tribal exonym for the Bunjurong, meaning tiger snakes, a metaphor indicating the sneaky way they set up ambushes against the eastern tribes.) Toturin (a Gunai term for 'black snake, used for several western Boonwurrung tribes. [5]
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The discovery this month of six human bodies and dozens of sets of cremated remains stored illegally in a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse has led to a daunting task: to reunite them with their ...
[citation needed] Derrimut's gravestone in Melbourne General Cemetery. Derrimut (also spelt Derremart or Terrimoot) (c. 1810 – 20 April 1864), was a headman or arweet of the Boonwurrung (Bunurong) people from the Melbourne area of Australia. [1] Derrimut was born around 1810, before European settlement of the colony of Victoria. [2]
The bodies of Ly and Tran have not been discovered, police said. Police ask anyone with information to call 510-215-3150. San Pablo is about 20 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California), defunct city-owned cemetery; Grace Cathedral Columbarium; Lone Mountain Cemetery, defunct cemetery complex that included Laurel Hill Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Masonic Cemetery, and Odd Fellows Cemetery; San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home, San Francisco; San Francisco National Cemetery ...