Drawn to the light of campfires flickering along a creek, he stumbled across a group of local Wurundjeri people.
While ...
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Late one evening in 1844, a merchant and future politician, William Westgarth, was hopelessly lost just north of Melbourne.
William Westgarth was directed by a group of local Wurundjeri people. Picture: Aboriginal people fishing and camping on Merri Creek by Charles Troede, 1864
William Westgarth was directed by a group of local Wurundjeri people. Picture: Aboriginal people fishing and camping on Merri Creek by Charles Troede, 1864
