More than a century ago an Aboriginal community in Victoria campaigned for recognition of their right to occupy and control the small acreage they had farmed for 25 years. Others wanted to develop this tract. Government spokesmen denied that the occupants had inherited any rights to this land and declared that, anyway, they were not really Aborigines. This book is about the rebellion at Coranderrk Aboriginal Station between 1874 and 1886. It describes how Coranderrk families fought to keep their land. To explain why they fought I must begin with the years before, to show what this 'miserable spadeful of ground' meant to them, and how they came to be there. Finally, I sketch what ultimately happened.
First published in 1998, 12 years after the death of its author Diane Barwick, Rebellion at Coranderrk was an attempt to rectify some of the injustices of the past two-hundred-plus years in Australia, and to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
It remains acutely relevant.

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List of Figures
Diane MacEachern – BA (First Class Hons) Graduation, University of British Colombia, Canada, 1959.
Diane Barwick, PhD student, fieldwork, Melbourne, 1961.
Diane Barwick, PhD graduation, The Australian National University, Canberra, April 1964.
Richard Barwick, BSc graduation, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand, 1953.
Richard Barwick, PhD student working on the Australian skink Egernia cunninghami, The Australian National University, Canberra, 1962.
Diane and Richard Barwick, 1962.
‘New Zealander Studies Zoology in Canberra’, Christchurch Press, 9 February 1963.
Dr Diane Barwick, Emeritus Professor W.E.H. (Bill) Stanner, Dr H.C. (Nugget) Coombs and Professor Wang Gungwu examine Volume 1 of Aboriginal History at the launch, Canberra, 1977.
Diane and Richard Barwick with their daughter Laura, Vancouver, Canada, 1973.
Stage coach on the road to Coranderrk, near Lilydale, Victoria 1889.
Map 1: The Aboriginal clans of Central Victoria.
Wayside Inn on the road to Coranderrk.
Map 2: Locations of stations and reserves established by the Victorian Board for the Protection of Aborigines.
Dindarmin – Malcolm, leader of the Jajowrong, aged approximately 67 years.
The first houses at Coranderrk, c. 1867.
John Green (1828–1908) and Mary Smith Benton Green (1837–1919).
Lilydale, Victoria, on the way to Coranderrk.
Beembarmin – Tommy Farmer of Mount Franklin, c. 1867.
Maria Wonga, Simon Wonga’s wife, c. 1876.
Robert Wandin (1854–1908), nephew of William Barak at 11 years of age, c. 1876.
Back cottage, Coranderrk, 1868.
John and Elizabeth Charles, c. 1876, with children William and Henry.
Mrs Louisa Briggs with her children (rear: William, Sarah, Jack [John Jr], Mrs Lizzie Briggs Charles; front: Caroline, Ellen, Louisa and grandson William Charles).
The hop gardens at Coranderrk, c. 1877–1878.
The dwellings at Coranderrk, c. 1886.
Birdarak – Tommy Bamfield with his children David and Betsy.
The hop kiln at Coranderrk.
James Edgar.
A cricket match at Coranderrk, c. 1879.
William Parker (1847–1886), his wife Mary and children.
Jemmy Barker with his wife Jeannie (Rowan) and their children, Aaron and Israel, c. 1876.
Coranderrk pioneers Martin and Matilda Simpson, later ‘native missionaries’ at Maloga Mission.
William Barak (1818/24–1903) with his second wife Annie and their son David.
Mrs Ann Briggs (1824–1884).
Deardjoo Warramin – Tommy Avoca (1834–1894).
Annie Hamilton and her infant son.
William and Annie Hamilton and children.
Alfred Morgan, c. 1876.
David Barak (1867–1881), son of William and Annie; he died of consumption in August 1881.
Birdarak – Thomas Bamfield and his wife Eliza with their children, Betsy and David, c. 1876 (lady on left is not identified).
Bella Lee and Lizzie, and their infants.
Tommy Dunolly (1856/57–1923), woman on left unidentified, on right Eda Brangy.
Daniel Matthews and his wife Janet of the Maloga Mission.
Mrs Lily Hamilton Harris (right) and daughters with Mrs Jessie Hamilton Dunolly, c. 1876.
Emily Hall and Jemima Burns Wandin Dunolly.
Mrs Caroline Malcolm Ferguson Morgan (1845–1889) and sons Marcus (left), John (in front), Caleb (on mother’s knee), and Augustus (right), c. 1876.
Annie Mclellan Reece Manton and her daughters, Maryann Mclellan (left) and Charlotte Reece, c. 1876.
Betsy Bamfield Foster (1870–1898) and David Bamfield (1868–1885).
Cottages at Coranderrk, c. 1891.
‘Throwing boomerangs at Coranderrk, the Aborigines station, Victoria’.
Histogram to show the periods of tenure of the individual Board members.
Foreword to the 2024 Edition
Author’s Preface
Editors’ Preface
Introduction: Of History and Happenstance
1. Kulin and Ngamajet
2. The Years Before
3. A New Beginning
4. Mr Green’s Way
5. Proprietors for the First Decade
6. The Board Takes Control
7. Loss of a Good Master
8. The Threat of Removal
9. Who Owns the Land?
10. Cause for Rebellion
11. Mrs Bon Intervenes
12. A Brief Victory
13. Final Defeat
14. The End of the Story
15. Dispersal
Appendix 1: The History of Farm Development at Coranderrk
Appendix 2: Membership of the Boards
Bibliography
Index

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