Helen Gardner, Jason Gibson, and Stephen Morey detail the rediscovery of Aboriginal names for ten Melbourne suburbs

As NAIDOC week occurs aroundAustralia, CHRG member Helen Gardner, along with Jason Gibson and Stephen Morey, explain how ten Aboriginal names for Melbourne suburbs were located in Melbourne Museum archives concerning anthropologist and Gippsland magistrate, Alfred William Howitt’s.
An extract from Howitt’s place names notes, including the word for Brunswick, Bulleke bek. Melbourne Museum, XM765, Author provided
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