In this final episode on Buckley & the Wathawurrung, we hear about what happened after Buckley made contact with Batman’s party from the Port Phillip Association.
He eventually moves back into the white society, trying to live a quiet, conflict-free life and records his recollections of living amongst the Wathawurrung.
(66 mins)
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The finding of Buckley [Campbell 1869] (National Portrait Gallery)
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REFERENCES Ep 64
LARKINS, ROBERT, 2020. The personal history of William Buckley: Murrangurk among the First People. North Melbourne: Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-925801-21-7.
MORGAN, JOHN., 1852. The life and adventures of William Buckley: Thirty-two years a wanderer amongst the Aborigines of the then Port Phillip, now the Province of Victoria. New Ed. London: Melbourne: Heinemann. Online versions: Online version via Hathi Trust & Via ANU: https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/115045/2/b12742697.pdf
LINNELL, GARRY, 2019. Buckley’s chance: The incredible true story of William Buckley and how he conquered a new world. Australia: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-14-379574-2.
BOYCE, JAMES, 2012. 1835: The founding of Melbourne & the conquest of Australia. Collingwood, Vic.: Black Inc. ISBN 978-1-86395-568-3.
SHAW, A.G.L., 1997. A History of the Port Phillip District: Victoria before separation. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84651-3.
BROWN, P. L. Batman, John (1801–1839). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Online. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/batman-john-1752
BROOME, RICHARD. Aboriginal Australians: a history since 1788. Fifth Ed. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76052-821-8.
Early History of the Colony of Victoria, Volume II. Online. [Accessed November 2022]. Available from: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1301991h.html
BASSETT, Marnie. Henty, Thomas (1775–1839). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Online. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/henty-thomas-2179
PONCIANO, L.& NUNN, P. D. Of bunyips and other beasts: living memories of long-extinct creatures in art and stories. The Conversation. Online. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: http://theconversation.com/of-bunyips-and-other-beasts-living-memories-of-long-extinct-creatures-in-art-and-stories-113031
Bunyip, 2023. Wikipedia. Online. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bunyip&oldid=1132476191
Crow (Australian Aboriginal mythology), 2022. Wikipedia. Online. [Accessed November 2022]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crow_(Australian_Aboriginal_mythology)
Indented Head | Victorian Places. Online. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/indented-head
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Music, IMAGES & other links:
- Intro/Exit music modified from: ‘Grand Canyon’ by David Löhstana [CCFM Music]
- Sound snippet: Nyindi-Yindi Corroboree: Trible music of Australia, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbCqBrW10SM
- Background: Freesound Bush sounds, birdsong in Australia
Other Links:
- Bundjil Creation Story, 2021. Online. [Accessed November 2022]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aonUI6ZGWrQ
- Bunjil Geoglyph | Monument Australia. Online. [Accessed November 2022]. Available from: https://www.monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/indigenous/display/96636-bunjil-geoglyph
- The story of Bunjil, as narrated by Aunty Joy Murphy AO , Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Elder., 2021. Online. [Accessed January 2023]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzs78j4IQBw
- The Saffron Waldon Museum. http://www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org/
- Image, Batman’s Huts, Indented Heads August 1835. Victorian Collections. Online. [Accessed December 2022]. Available from: https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5b72594621ea6b0f605860b4