Nineteenth Century Indigenous Land Use of Albury (NSW)
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Nineteenth Century Indigenous Land Use of Albury (NSW) Dirk HR Spennemann Cover: Photograph ‘Mungabareena Ford” © Dirk HR Spennemann 2015 Nineteenth Century Indigenous Land Use of Albury (NSW) as reflected in the historic sources Dirk HR Spennemann Albury May 2015 Dirk HR Spennemann © 2015. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication are copyright in all countries subscribing to the Berne Convention. No parts of this report may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, in existence or to be invented, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the authors, except where permitted by law. Cover: Photograph ‘Mungabareena Ford” © Dirk HR Spennemann 2015 Preferred citation of this Report Spennemann, Dirk HR (2015) Nineteenth Century Indigenous Land Use of Albury (NSW), as reflected in the historic sources. Institute for Land, Water and Society Report nº 83. Albury, NSW: Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University. ISBN 978-1-86-467262-6 Disclaimer The views expressed in this report are solely the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the views of Charles Sturt University. The author does not agree with the appellations used in some historic sources (as reproduced in the verbatim quotes), which may be offensive to some Indigenous peoples. Contact Associate Professor Dirk HR Spennemann, MA, PhD, MICOMOS, APF Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia. email: [email protected] — ii — Table of Contents List of Figures ..................................................................................................................... iv Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 The Sources ......................................................................................................................... 1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 2 European Albury and the Indigenous Community in the nineteenth century ..................... 3 Relationship between Indigenous Australians and white settlers ...................................... 5 Historic observations on Indigenous Land Use .................................................................. 8 Place Names ....................................................................................................................... 8 Habitation Sites ................................................................................................................ 11 The Camp at Bungumbrawatha Ford ........................................................................... 11 The Camp at Mungabareena Ford ............................................................................... 12 Other Camps ................................................................................................................ 12 Rock art sites ..................................................................................................................... 12 Burial Sites ........................................................................................................................ 12 Meeting Places and Ceremonial Grounds ......................................................................... 13 Mungabareena: a Run, a Parish, two Reserves and a Lagoon ..................................... 14 Mungabareena Run and Mungabareena Station .............................................................. 14 Mungabarina Parish .......................................................................................................... 17 Mungabareena Recreational Reserve ............................................................................... 17 Mungabareena Stock Reserve ........................................................................................... 17 Mungabarina Lagoon ......................................................................................................... 18 Fish Traps and Crossing Places ......................................................................................... 19 Bungambrawatha Ford ................................................................................................ 20 Yarrawudda Ford ......................................................................................................... 21 Mungabareena Ford .................................................................................................... 21 Thurgoona Ford at Galloway Park ............................................................................... 22 Hawksview Ford ........................................................................................................... 26 Additional Fords in the area ........................................................................................ 26 Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 27 Bibliography ................................................................................................................... 27 — iii — Dirk HR Spennemann List of Figures Fig. 1. The first advertisement for an Albury business documenting the commencement of land alienation (Browne, 1838) ........................................................................................................................... 4 Fig. 2. Aerial view of the Albury area with the approximate location of Indigenous place names mentioned in the text. .................................................................................................................................. 8 Fig. 3. Aerial view of Albury with places mentioned in the text. ....................................................................... 11 Fig. 4. Approximate location of Mungabareena run, based on the boundary description provided by Thomson (1848b). Also marked are the alignment of Sydney Road as well as the neighbouring pastoral runs. ..................................................................................................................... 16 Fig. 5. Map of Mungabarina Parish (Department of Lands, 1892a). ................................................................. 16 Fig. 6. Carving of a goanna into a River Red Gum as part of cultural activities at the Mungabareena Reserve in 1994. Appearance in 1996 (left), 2008 (center), 2012 (right). (Photos Dirk HR Spennemann). ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Fig. 7. The Reconciliation Circle at the Mungabareena Reserve (Photo Dirk HR Spennemann 2012). ..... 18 Fig. 8. Spatial relationship between Mungabareena Reserve and Mungabarina Lagoon. ............................... 19 Fig. 9. Aerial view of the Albury area with the known crossing places mentioned in the text. 1— Bungumbrawatha, 2—Yarrawudde; 3—Mungabareena, 4—Thurgoona; 5—Hawksview; 6—Crossing used by Hume and Hovel; 7—Return crossing used by Hume and Hovell ............. 20 Fig. 10. Bungumbrawatha Ford as shown on the 1849 map of Albury (Colonial Secretary's Office, 1849). Note that north is on the right. ................................................................................................... 21 Fig. 11. Mungabareena Ford looking downstream from the bridge. Seen in May 2015. Photo Dirk HR Spennemann ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Fig. 12. Section of the Map of the Town of 1884 (Surveyor General's Office, 1884) showing what is today Norieul Park. Marked are the ford at Bungumbrawatha as well as the punt reserve. Compare with aerial image below (Land and Property Information, 2014). Note that north is on the right. ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Fig. 13. Section of the Map of the Town of 1884 (Surveyor General's Office, 1884) showing the location of ‘Yarrawudda’ and a ford across the Murray. Compare with aerial image below (Land and Property Information, 2014)Note that north is to the right. ........................................... 24 Fig. 14. Section of the Map of the Town of Albury showing Mungabareena Ford and parts of the former stock reserve (Department of Lands, 1925). Compare with aerial image below (Land and Property Information, 2014). ............................................................................................... 25 Fig. 15. Section of the Map of the Town of Albury showing Mungabareena Recreational Reserve and the former stock reserve (Department of Lands, 1916b). Note Mungabareena Ford as well as the reference to Mungabarina Lagoon outside the reserve (top right of plan). At right modern aerial image. ........................................................................................................................ 26 — iv — Introduction This report has been written at the request of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) to provide context for the evaluation of Mungabareena Reserve as an Aboriginal Place under the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act (Johnston, 2015). It compiles historic sources relating to Indigenous land use in the Albury area. 1 As requested, this report specifically does not consider the