Wurundjeri Country

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Wurundjeri Country refers to the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation in what is now central Victoria, including much of present-day Melbourne and its surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal country
Indigenous territory
traditional land
acknowledgedBy Acknowledgement of Country statements in Victoria
Welcome to Country ceremonies in Melbourne
acknowledgedIn Victorian government protocols
public events in Melbourne
affectedBy British colonisation of Port Phillip
associatedWith Woiwurrung language NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people NERFINISHED
contains Birrarung (Yarra River) NERFINISHED
Yarra River region NERFINISHED
areas around eastern Melbourne
areas around inner Melbourne
areas around northern Melbourne
parts of the Dandenong Ranges foothills
parts of the Yarra Valley
hasConceptOf connection to land, waters and sky
ongoing custodianship
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Kulin Nation NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED
hasSacredSites burial sites
ceremonial places
story places
hasSpiritualConnectionFor Wurundjeri Elders NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalCustodians Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalEcologicalKnowledgeOf Yarra River catchment NERFINISHED
native flora and fauna of central Victoria
hasTraditionalNameForRegion Woiwurrung Country NERFINISHED
includes Melbourne metropolitan area NERFINISHED
much of present-day Melbourne
surrounding areas of Melbourne
locatedIn Australia
Victoria NERFINISHED
central Victoria NERFINISHED
overlapsWith modern City of Banyule
modern City of Boroondara NERFINISHED
modern City of Darebin
modern City of Manningham NERFINISHED
modern City of Melbourne NERFINISHED
modern City of Yarra NERFINISHED
parts of other Melbourne local government areas
partOf Kulin Nation NERFINISHED
Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED
preColonialInhabitants Wurundjeri clans NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Country of the Wurundjeri people
recognizedIn Victorian Aboriginal cultural heritage frameworks
local government acknowledgements in Melbourne
traditionalOwners Wurundjeri people NERFINISHED

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