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y separately published work icon Aboriginal Melbourne : the Lost Land of the Kulin People single work   information book  
Alternative title: The Land of the Kulin : Discovering the Lost Landscape and the First People of Port Phillip
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Aboriginal Melbourne : the Lost Land of the Kulin People
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'An account of Aboriginals in the Port Phillip region, what is known of the Kulin people, descriptions of camps at Mordialloc and Templestowe, and of an Aboriginal protectorate. Local archaeology is discussed as a method of investigating the past. With further reading, illustrative sources and index. The author is an archaeologist who was site registrar at the Victorian Archaeological Survey.' (Source: Google Books website)

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Previously entitled: The Land of the Kulin.
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble , 1985 .
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      Extent: 157p.
      Description: illus., maps, and ports.
      Reprinted: 1994 revised and updated ed. , 2001 revised and updated ed.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliography and index
      ISBN: 0869143468, 9780869143469
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[Review Essay] The Land of the Kulin : Discovering the Lost Landscape and the First People of Port Phillip Anne Ross , 1987 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1987; (p. 116-118)

'Making Australia's past available to the general public is an important, and all-too-often overlooked task of archaeologists. Gary Presland's book is one of the most ambitious attempts to write such a prehistory of one of Australia's largest cties—Melbourne. It is an attempt which has been partially successful.' (Introduction) 
[Review Essay] The Land of the Kulin : Discovering the Lost Landscape and the First People of Port Phillip Anne Ross , 1987 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 1987; (p. 116-118)

'Making Australia's past available to the general public is an important, and all-too-often overlooked task of archaeologists. Gary Presland's book is one of the most ambitious attempts to write such a prehistory of one of Australia's largest cties—Melbourne. It is an attempt which has been partially successful.' (Introduction) 
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Subjects:
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Mordialloc, Mentone - Seaford area, Melbourne South East, Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Templestowe, Doncaster - Templestowe area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,
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