🍃 A history of the First Peoples of the City of Glen Eira

This talk will cover Dr. Ian Clark’s findings of the commissioned research he undertook for the City of Glen Eira in 2020-2021. He will provide an overview of the Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung history of the City of Glen Eira, focussing on the places that were important in the early colonial period and the legacy of leading personalities such as Derrimut.

Ian has been researching and publishing in Victorian Aboriginal history since 1982. He has been the Centre Manager of the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Halls Gap, and Research Fellow in History at the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra.

This will be an online event, so a stable internet connection is necessary. Bookings are essential.

Image: https://www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/media/3008/biodiversity-in-glen-eira-2018.pdf