Station on Gunaikurnai Country where Angus McMillan lived. Eugene von Guerard painted a panoramic view of the station in the 1860s and it has more recently been heritage listed. It was from this site that, as historians Don Watson and Peter Gardner note, McMillan set out on numerous massacres of Gunaikurnai people. It was also noted as a site Gunaikurnai people met at, with some consideration being given to excising the land to form a mission there. However, this was opposed.
https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/506117c82162ef0848c5d3cc
Guérard, Eugen von. (1861). Panoramic view of Mr Angus McMillan's station, Bushy Park on the River Avon, Gippsland Alps, Victoria, 1861 Retrieved August 4, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138414762
Don Watson, Caledonia Australia, Vintage Books, North Sydney, 1997.
https://petergardner.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Our-Founding-Murdering-Father-Revisited-2016.pdf
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Hagenauer to Howitt 1 May 1880Pages 2Registration Number XM188Author —Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. One sheet, two pages. Condition: good. -
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Howitt to Fison 26 January 1880Pages 4Registration Number tip70-10-34-2Author —Physical Description Handwritten in ink, signed and dated. Letter ends without a signature, however annotation and signature are located top of first page.
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Chapter VI Tribal GovernmentsRegistration Number XM689Author Howitt, Mr Alfred WilliamPhysical Description Draft notes, typed and handwritten, undated. 59 pages consisting of 47 foolscap sheets, 8 half-pages, and 3 slips. With annotations, attachments and corrections throughout. Condition: some sheets with torn and tattered edges; some with foxing.