Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate and Merri Creek Aboriginal School sites, Merri Creek & Yarra River
OFF Protectorate Yarra Bend Road,YARRA BEND, City of Yarra
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Statement of Significance
Provided by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria 14 December 1998 (submission to L78 to the Yarra Planning Scheme)
Statement of Significance
The locations of the Merri Creek Aboriginal School, Yarra Protectorate, Native Police Corps Headquarters and associated Aboriginal burials at Yarra Bend park (Clifton Hill, Melbourne) are together of state and possibly national significance. They mark one of the most significant post-contact Aboriginal places in metropolitan Melbourne and a place of great significance to many Aboriginal people, and particularly the Wurundjeri community (criterion G.1).
The area was the focus of interaction between Aboriginal people and government officials and settlers during the early years of contact in the Port Phillip District (Criterion A.4 and C.2). In particular the area was the foci for government and church policies towards Aboriginal people, with regard to the Protectorate System Headquarters (1839-1849); the Merri Creek Aboriginal School (1845-1851) and the Native Police Corps Headquarters (1842-1843). Aboriginal people were buried in this area in the past, though the precise location(s) of any surviving burials are not known. The area is associated with important individuals including Billibellary (an Aboriginal clan-head who died in this location in 1846) and William Thomas (Assistant Protector) (Criterion H.1).
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Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate and Merri Creek Aboriginal School sites, Merri Creek & Yarra River - Physical Description 2
Scatter of building and burial sites, creek crossings east of Merri Creek junction with Yarra River, passed over by freeway, bike path, Yarra R realigned 1970s, north of Dights Falls
Western Port Aboriginal Protectorate and Merri Creek Aboriginal School sites, Merri Creek & Yarra River - Integrity
Poor
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - Northcote Urban Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1982
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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1998 - Statement of Significance - Provided by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, 1998
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1999 - City of Yarra Aboriginal Cultural Signage Project, 1999 - Pre Contact Places
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1999 - City of Yarra Aboriginal Cultural Signage Project, 1999 - Post Contact Places
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1999 - City of Yarra Aboriginal Cultural Signage Project, 1999 - Recreation and Meeting Places
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1998 - Statement of Significance - Provided by Aboriginal Affairs Victoria, 1998
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FORMER CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERDVictorian Heritage Register H0951
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DIGHTS MILL SITEVictorian Heritage Register H1522
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DOROTHY TERRACEVictorian Heritage Register H1034
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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3 Sherwood StreetYarra City
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Archaeological siteSouthern Grampians Shire
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BLACKWOOD HOMESTEAD COMPLEX AND CEMETERYSouthern Grampians Shire
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