Eumerella Wars

Eumerella Wars
Date1840s-1860s
LocationDeen Maar, south-west Victoria
Result European occupation of the district
Belligerents
European settlers Gunditjmara people
Commanders and leaders
Jupiter
Cocknose

The Eumerella Wars is a name given to a series of violent encounters between European settlers and aboriginal Australians in south west Victoria.[1]

Rolf Boldrewood wrote a chapter about the war in his book Old Melbourne Memories (1896).[2]

The remains of people involved in the conflict are at the Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A forgotten war, a haunted land", Sydney Morning Herald 10 August 2013 accessed 30 March 2014
  2. ↑ Full copy of Old Melbourne Memories at Internet Archive
  3. ↑ "Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area", Department of the Environment accessed 30 March 2014