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FORMER CORANDERRK VILLAGE
BARAK LANE HEALESVILLE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
FORMER CORANDERRK VILLAGE
BARAK LANE HEALESVILLE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The Former Coranderrk Village is historically significant as one of a number of Aboriginal missions and stations established in the nineteenth century in Victoria. It is of historical significance for its association with significant Wurundjeri Ngrurngaeta Simon Wonga and William Barak. It associated with one of the earliest known campaigns for human rights by Aboriginal people in Victoria, and the Parliamentary inquiries of 1879 and 1881.
The former Coranderrk Village is archaeological significant for its potential to contain archaeological features, deposits and artefacts relating to the nineteenth century occupation. The archaeological potential is evidenced through historic images and documentation showing the extent.
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FORMER CORANDERRK VILLAGE - History
Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was established in 1863 on Woi Wurrung country. By 1875, its Aboriginal residents who now numbered more than 100, had built their own family homes and assisted in the establishment of a dormitory school. 700 acres of land had been cleared and fenced and 140 acres were under cultivation. The remainder of the land was used for 500 cattle. The station had its own water supply in the form of a 1.5 mile-long aqueduct complete with its own water driven saw mill. The eventual aim was to develop Coranderrk into a fully self-supporting community. The station ran a substantial milking herd, horses, pigs, poultry, orchard, a market garden and a working hop field. For the first 12 years, Coranderrk was a symbol of unity between Aboriginal and European people working towards the same ideal. Over this 12 year period, the Kulin people transformed Coranderrk’s 4850 acres of bushland into one of the most productive stations in the Yarra Valley. In 1886 the Victorian Government adopted a new policy to regulate the lives of Indigenous people under the Aboriginal Protection Law Amendment Act, commonly known as the ‘Half-Caste Act’. The law required that Aboriginal people with European ancestry aged between 15 and 35 leave reserves such as Coranderrk to undertake employment and ‘absorption’ into the general white community. While a deputation of Coranderrk leaders protested against the proposed law, they could not prevent its adoption. The Half-Caste Act reduced the number of Aboriginal people at Coranderrk to 31. It officially closed in 1924.Heritage Inventory Description
FORMER CORANDERRK VILLAGE - Heritage Inventory Description
The site of the Former Coranderrk Village is largely subsurface. Plantings of non-native perennial bulbs and trees are present and indicate the location of former gardens and roads.
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FINCHAM AND HOBDAY PIPE ORGANVictorian Heritage Register H2450
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STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, GEELONGVictorian Heritage Register H2451
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NORTH MELBOURNE POTTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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