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The confluence of the Diamond Creek with the
Yarra River at Eltham was a very significant site
for the Wurundjeri and a place where gatherings
and ceremonies took place.
Scarred trees provide continuing evidence of
Aboriginal presence in this land. The photograph
of the scar tree within this panel was taken at
Wingrove Park in Eltham. Also featured within
this panel is the Eltham-Templestowe footbridge
that crosses the Yarra near the confluence and
also a photograph of the river at the confluence
itself. An original map of the river junction can
be seen faintly in the water.
The name Wurundjeri comes from the Manna
Gum that commonly grows beside the rivers and
creeks in Nillumbik. Wurrun means Manna Gum
and Djeri is a small grub, which lives on this tree.
The Manna Gum or Eucalyptus viminalis had a
variety of uses to theWurundjeri tribes that lived
in this area. Bark was removed by Indigenous
Australians for the creation of canoes, shelters,
shields or containers.
ConfluenceSCAR TREE AND
MANNA GUM
PHOTOGRAPHS
ScarTree inWingrove Park
Photographer Nerina Lascelles
The Confluence
Photographer Nerina Lascelles
Eltham Footbridge
Photographer Nerina Lascelles
Historic Map:Village of Eltham,
Parish of Nillumbik, County of
Evelyn,August 12th, 1856.
State Library ofVictoria.
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