Title Riverconnect, Aboriginal oral history : the cultural landscape of the 'flat' Shepparton Mooroopna : final report / [author: Lois Peeler]

Edition First edition Published Shepparton, Vic. : Greater Shepparton City Council, 2008

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Description x, 60 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 30 cm Contents Executive summary: project process and intent; project observations; conclusions and recommendations -- Introduction: project aims; project background; methodology -- Narrative themes: the beginning "a sense of place"; the Cummeragunja "Walk off"; Arrival at the river; The river's resources; Living on the river; Social life; Concerts; Church; Choir; Sport; School; Intercommunity relations; Political activity; Beyond the river; Growing the economy; Native Title struggle; Reflections; Telling the story -- Archaeological site visit: visit background; Archaeological observation and opinion: observations; legal status -- Conclusions -- Recommendations Summary History of the Yorta Yorta people in the Shepparton and Mooroopna region of Victoria, including a life on Cummeragunja Mission and the 'Walk Off' from the mission in 1939; memories of life on the banks of the Goulburn Riverfrom the late 1930s onwards, social life, concerts, church, choir, sport, school, political activity, intercommunity relations and Native Title; the 'Flats' and Daish's Paddock Notes "Developed by Seven Sisters Dreaming Pty Ltd November 2008" Bibliography Bibliography: page 59 Notes Issued also on CD-ROM Subject Andrew, Thelma Anselmi, Ella Atkinson, Doris Atkinson, Neville. Briggs, Beverley Briggs, Cedric Briggs, Mary. Briggs, Nancy. Briggs, Rod Carter, Fay Critch, Audrey Doody, Valda Hardie, Cynthia Ives, Geraldine Jackson, Olive. Jackson, Pam (Pamela Sally) James, Shadrach Mathyssen, Francis Milward, Daphne Murray, John. Nelson, Carmel. Patten, Rochelle, 1951- Robinson, Laurel Turner, Alf Walker, Lorna. Williams, Judith. Wirrpanda, Margaret Cummeragunga (Mission) -- History Cummeragunga Mission (N.S.W.) -- History Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Victoria -- Social life and customs. Missions -- Australia -- Victoria -- Cummeragunga Missions -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Cummeragunga Yorta Yorta (Australian people) -- History Yorta Yorta (Australian people) -- Victoria -- Cummeragunga Yorta Yorta (Australian people) -- Victoria -- Shepparton SUBJECT Shepparton Region (Vic.) -- History Author RiverConnect Elders Reference Group ISBN 9780958175227 (paperback)

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