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37-653: According to a legend told by the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation , in the Dreamtime the Karatgurk alone possessed the secret of fire. Each one carried a live coal on the end of her digging stick , allowing them to cook the yams (murnong) which they dug out of the ground. The sisters refused to share their coals with anybody, however they were ultimately tricked into giving up their secret by Crow . After burying

74-508: A kangaroo skin bag. The women soon discovered the theft and chased him, but the bird simply flew out of their reach, and thus fire was brought to mankind. Afterwards, the Karatgurk sisters were swept into the sky. Their glowing fire sticks became the Pleiades star cluster. This article about a deity is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wurundjeri The Wurundjeri people are an Aboriginal people of

111-472: A battle as the Wurundjeri fought unsuccessfully to secure his release. Resistance was broken, and settlements throve. One elder, Derrimut, later stated: You see…all this mine. All along here Derrimut's once. No matter now, me soon tumble down…Why me have no lubra ? Why me have no piccaninny? You have all this place. No good have children, no good have lubra. Me tumble down and die very soon now. In 1863

148-678: A few years settlement began around Pound Bend with Major Charles Newman at Mullum Mullum Creek in 1838, and James Anderson on Beal Yallock, now known as Anderson's Creek a year later. Their measures to clear the area of Aboriginals was met with guerrilla skirmishing, led by Jaga Jaga, with the appropriation of cattle and the burning of fields. They were armed with rifles, and esteemed to be excellent marksmen, firing close to Anderson to drive him off as they helped themselves to his potato crop while en route to Yering in 1840. A trap set there by Captain Henry Gibson led to Jaga Jaga's capture and

185-416: A number of snakes in an ant mound, Crow called the Karatgurk women over, telling them that he had discovered ant larvae which were tastier than yams. The women began digging, angering the snakes, which attacked. Shrieking, the sisters struck the snakes with their digging sticks, hitting them with such force that the live coals flew off. Crow, who had been waiting for this, gathered the coals up and hid them in

222-548: A population of 6,044 at the 2021 census . The suburb of Albert Park extends from the St Vincent Gardens to Beaconsfield Parade and Mills Street. It was settled residentially as an extension of Emerald Hill ( South Melbourne ). It is characterised by wide streets, heritage buildings, terraced houses , open air cafes, parks and significant stands of mature exotic trees, including Canary Island Date Palm and London Planes . The Albert Park Circuit has been home to

259-589: A reservation parallel to Canterbury Road. Until 1987, Albert Park was serviced by the St Kilda railway line , with Albert Park railway station being located at Bridport Street. The line has since been converted to serve trams, and forms a large part of the Route 96 tram line. CDC Melbourne 's Route 606 runs through the suburb. There are segregated cycle facilities along the beach and Canterbury Roads, with marked bicycle lanes elsewhere. The suburb has been home to

296-437: A similar inland route south to St Kilda. The main road arterial is Kerferd Road, a wide boulevard lined with elm trees and a central reservation , which connects from South Melbourne's Albert Road. Pickles Street, Victoria Avenue and Mills Street are the main roads running west and east toward South Melbourne. Several tram routes service Albert Park; Route 1 along Victoria Avenue, Route 12 along Mills Street and Route 96 on

333-488: A species of grub found in the tree, and take the word therefore to mean " Witchetty Grub People". Wurundjeri people speak Woiwurrung , a dialect of Kulin . Kulin is spoken by the five groups in the Kulin nation. In Norman Tindale 's estimation – and his data, drawing on R. H. Mathews 's data which has been challenged – Wurundjeri lands as extending over approximately 12,500 km (4,800 sq mi). These took in

370-557: Is also the home of the Victorian Institute of Sport . The stadium was built on the site of the old Lake Oval, which was an historic Australian rules football venue for the South Melbourne Football Club . The Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (MSAC) is a large swimming centre, which hosted squash, swimming, diving events and table tennis during the 2006 Commonwealth Games . The MSAC is also

407-472: Is composed mainly of Victorian terrace and semi-detached housing. Many residential areas are in heritage overlays to protect their character. Boyd Street, a leafy backstreet near Middle Park, is a fine example of this. Beaconsfield Parade is the main beachside thoroughfare, between St Kilda and Port Melbourne , which runs along the Port Phillip foreshore. Richardson Street and Canterbury Road follows

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444-539: The Australian Grand Prix since 1996, with the exception of 2020–2021 due to the COVID-19 lockdowns . Indigenous Australians first inhabited the area that is now Albert Park around 40,000 years ago. The area was a series of swamps and lagoons. The main park after which the suburb was named was declared a public park and named in 1864 to honour Queen Victoria 's consort, Prince Albert . Albert Park

481-611: The Formula One Australian Grand Prix since 1996. The Albert Park Circuit runs on public roads. The choice of Albert Park as a Grand Prix venue was controversial, with protests by the Save Albert Park group. In preparing the Reserve for the race existing trees were cut down and replaced during landscaping, roads were upgraded, and facilities were replaced. Both major political parties support

518-552: The National Trust and is locally significant for the social focus the gardens provide to the neighbourhood. Activities in the park range from relaxing walks, siestas to organised sports competition. The Albert Park Lawn Bowls Club was established in 1873 and the Tennis Club established 1883, on the site of an earlier croquet ground. Albert Park features part of the massive Albert Park and Lake (formerly South Park in

555-607: The Woiwurrung language group , in the Kulin nation . They are the traditional owners of the Yarra River Valley, covering much of the present location of Melbourne . They continue to live in this area and throughout Australia. They were called the Yarra tribe by early European colonists. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1985 by Wurundjeri people. According to

592-616: The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation was established to fulfil statutory roles under Commonwealth and Victorian legislation and to assist in raising awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider community. Wurundjeri Elders often attend events with visitors present where they give the traditional welcome to country greeting in the Woiwurrung language : Wominjeka yearmenn koondee-bik Wurundjeri-Ballak which means, "Welcome to

629-519: The 160 m (520 ft) line. The two Registered Aboriginal Parties representing the two groups were the Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation . However, these borders are still in dispute among several prominent figures and Wurundjeri territory has been claimed to spread much further west and south. The Wurundjeri balluk

666-536: The 19th century until it was also renamed after Prince Albert) and is located nearby. It is a significant state park managed by Parks Victoria . It is also known as the site of the Albert Park Circuit . Commercial centres include Bridport Street, with its cafes and shops and Victoria Avenue, known for its cafes, delicatessens and boutiques. Albert Park has a long beach frontage, with several distinctive features, including many grand buildings (such as

703-668: The Birrarung and its tributaries. The Wurundjeri and Gunung Willam Balug clans mined diorite at Mount William stone axe quarry which was a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide. The mine provided a complex network of trading for economic and social exchange among the different Aboriginal nations in Victoria. The quarry had been in use for more than 1,500 years and covered 18 hectares including underground pits of several metres. In February 2008

740-490: The Victoria Hotel, a grand hotel and former coffee palace , now café bar, built in 1887) and Victorian terrace homes; Kerferd Kiosk, an iconic Edwardian bathing pavilion and Kerferd Pier, which terminates Kerferd Road and is a jetty onto Port Phillip , used for fishing by many and sharks have occasionally been found around it. The lake is popular with strollers, runners and cyclists. Dozens of small yachts sail around

777-610: The Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung, were agreed between the two groups, after being drawn up by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council . The new borderline runs across the city from west to east, with the CBD , Richmond and Hawthorn included in Wurundjeri land, and Albert Park , St Kilda and Caulfield on Bunurong land. It was agreed that Mount Cottrell , the site of a massacre in 1836 with at least 10 Wathaurong victims, would be jointly managed above

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814-433: The area south from Mount Baw Baw to Dandenong , Cranbourne and the swampland at the head of Western Port bay . As colonization began, it was estimated that something of the order of 11,500-15,000 Aborigines, composed of some 38 tribal groups, were living in the area of Victoria. The earliest European settlers came across a park-like landscape extending inland from Melbourne, consisting of large areas of grassy plains to

851-472: The areas of the Yarra and Saltwater rivers around Melbourne, and ran north as far as Mount Disappointment , northwest to Macedon , Woodend , and Lancefield . Their eastern borders went as far as Mount Baw Baw and Healesville . Their southern confines approached Mordialloc , Warragul , and Moe . In June 2021, the boundaries between the land of two of the traditional owner groups in greater Melbourne ,

888-506: The design in 1857 to allow for its intersection by the St Kilda railway line . The precinct, which in its original configuration extended from Park Street in the north to Bridport Street in the south and from Howe Crescent in the east to Nelson Road and Cardigan Street in the west, was designed to emulate similar 'square' developments in London, although on a grander scale. The main streets were named after British naval heroes. The development of

925-470: The early Australian ethnographer Alfred William Howitt , the name Wurundjeri, in his transcription Urunjeri , refers to a species of eucalypt, Eucalyptus viminalis , otherwise known as the manna or white gum, which is common along the Yarra River. Some modern reports of Wurundjeri traditional lore state that their ethnonym combines a word, wurun , meaning Manna gum /"white gum tree" and djeri ,

962-432: The event. The Melbourne Supercars Championship is also held on the same circuit. Albert Park is the home of soccer club South Melbourne FC who play out of Lakeside Stadium ; aptly named due to its positioning next to Albert Park Lake. Lakeside Stadium (known then as Bob Jane Stadium) was redeveloped in 2010 to include an international standard athletics track, as well as new grandstands and administrative facilities, and

999-649: The lake on sunny days. Only the north eastern part of the park and lake is actually in the suburb, the rest is in the neighbouring suburbs of South Melbourne, Melbourne, Middle Park and St Kilda . At the 2016 census , Albert Park had a population of 6,215. 66.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, Greece 4.0% and New Zealand 2.5%. 74.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek at 8.0%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 39.3% and Catholic 18.4%. Albert Park

1036-493: The land of the Wurundjeri people". Ngurungaeta : Other notable Wurundjeri people include: Albert Park, Victoria Albert Park is an inner suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Melbourne's Central Business District . The suburb is named after Albert Park , a large lakeside urban park located within the City of Port Phillip local government area . Albert Park recorded

1073-419: The north and southwest, with little forest cover, something thought to be testimony of indigenous sheet burning practices to expose the massive number of yam daisies which proliferated in the area. These roots and various tuber lilies formed a major source of starch and carbohydrates. Seasonal changes in the weather, availability of foods and other factors would determine where campsites were located, many near

1110-399: The past must be found and collected from documents. By finding and doing this, Wurundjeri will bring their past to the present and recreate a place of belonging. A "keeping place" should be to keep things for future generations of our people, not a showcase for all, not a resource to earn dollars. I work towards maintaining the Wurundjeri culture for Wurundjeri people into the future. In 1985,

1147-519: The premier 'square' development in Victoria based on similar models in London. It is significant as the largest development of its type in Victoria and for its unusual development as gardens rather than the more usual small park" and "was first laid out in 1854 or 55, probably by Andrew Clarke , the Surveyor-General of Victoria. The current layout is the work of Clement Hodgkinson , the noted surveyor , engineer and topographer , who adapted

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1184-604: The site was placed on the Australian National Heritage List for its cultural importance and archeological value. Settlement and dispossession of the Wurundjeri lands began soon after a ceremony in which Wurundjeri leaders conducted a tanderrum ceremony, whose function was to allow outsiders temporary access to the resources of clan lands. John Batman and other whites interpreted this symbolic act, recorded in treaty form , as equivalent to medieval enfeoffment of all Woiwurrong territory. Within

1221-401: The special character of St Vincent Place has been characterised, since the first land sales in the 1860s, by a variety of housing stock, which has included quality row and detached houses and by the gardens which, although they have been continuously developed, remain faithful to the initial landscape concept." St Vincent's is a garden of significant mature tree specimens. It is registered with

1258-717: The surviving members of the Wurundjeri tribe were given "permissive occupancy" of Coranderrk Station, near Healesville and forcibly resettled. Despite numerous petitions, letters, and delegations to the Colonial and Federal Government, the grant of this land in compensation for the country lost was refused. Coranderrk was closed in 1924 and its occupants bar five refusing to leave Country were again moved to Lake Tyers in Gippsland . All remaining Wurundjeri people are descendants of Bebejan, through his daughter Annie Borate (Boorat), and in turn, her son Robert Wandin (Wandoon). Bebejan

1295-401: Was a Ngurungaeta of the Wurundjeri people and was present at John Batman 's "treaty" signing in 1835. Joy Murphy Wandin , a Wurundjeri elder, explains the importance of preserving Wurundjeri culture: In the recent past, Wurundjeri culture was undermined by people being forbidden to "talk culture" and language. Another loss was the loss of children taken from families. Now, some knowledge of

1332-671: Was composed of two patrilines who resided in two distinct localities. These were respectively the Wurundjeri-willam and the Baluk-willam , where willam means "camping ground"/dwelling. The Wurundjeri Willum resided throughout the territory on the Yarra running along its sources as far as Mount Baw Baw and to the area where it forms a junction with the Maribyrnong River . The Balluk-willam's territory cover an area from Mt. Baw Baw: Their territory covers

1369-511: Was used as a garbage dump , a military camp and for recreation before the artificial lake was built. In 1854 a land-subdivision survey was done from Park Street, South Melbourne, to the northern edge of the parkland (Albert Road). St Vincent Gardens were laid out and the surrounding streets home to the city's most successful citizens. Street names commemorated Trafalgar and Crimean War personalities. Heritage Victoria notes that Albert Park's St Vincent Gardens "is historically important as

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