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The first residents of Melbourne's Western Region / Gary Presland.

The first residents of Melbourne's Western Region / Gary Presland.
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ISBN 0646331507
Author Presland, Gary (author.)
Title The first residents of Melbourne's Western Region / Gary Presland.
Edition Rev. edition
Publisher and/or associated date/s Forest Hill, Vic. : Harriland Press, 1997.
Description vi, 18 pages, [4] pages of plates : chiefly colour illustrations, 1 map ; 21 cm.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 15-16.
Contents Introduction -- The landscape -- Changes -- Koorie society -- Economic organisation -- The daily round -- Archaeological evidence -- Further reading -- Protecting the archaeological record.
Summary For thousands of years before Europeans settled on the land now occupied by the western region of Melbourne, it was the estate of a number of Koorie clans. Koories lived a lifestyle which was closely connected to the environment. Any study of this way of life therefore has to take account of what the countryside was like before Europeans arrived, and the changes which have occurred since then. What we know about the life of the Koories before Europeans came, and about how the countryside has changed through time, has been learned by studying a variety of sources of information. These sources include historical descriptions and accounts, official records, geological evidence, and archaeological investigation. This book gives a general account of what is known as a result of these studies, as it applies to the western region of Melbourne.
Subjects Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- History
Melbourne Western Suburban Region (Vic.) -- History
Melbourne Region (Vic.) -- History
Call number PAM 2016.045
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