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The Murray, Victoria

Aboriginal History Walk - The Flats

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Flats walk
Connect with nature on Yorta Yorta country
Flats walk Mooroopna

Aboriginal History Walk - The Flats

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Free

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Description

The area known as ‘The Flats’, became home to many after the Walk Off from Cummeragunja at Barmah on four February 1939. The first ever mass strike of Aboriginal people, the Walk Off, was due to the increasingly restrictive controls upon the movement and activities of the people, the poor rations and cruel treatment they received and the increasing removal of children. Jack Patten, with the help of William Cooper, encouraged the people of the mission to leave, therefore resulting in the walk off to ‘The Flats’. Jack Patten received a gaol sentence for his part in enticing the Aboriginal families to leave the Cummeragunja reserve. Both Jack Patten and William Cooper were spokesmen for the dispersed Aboriginal communities of central Victoria and western New South Wales. The particular site at ‘The Flats’ was chosen as the Yorta Yorta had an extended traditional association with the environments in close proximity to rivers such as the Kaiela (Goulburn River). ‘The Flats’ was also home to some Aboriginal families prior to the Walk Off. Today, walking through the flats with the aid of good interpretive signage and aided by an attitude of stillness, absorbing the story of the people who moved out of oppression to make their home on these river flats is a visceral experience. Organised walks are run on an ad-hoc basis through RiverConnect. Learn more and gain a better understanding. Spend time on country. Take it in. Listen to the stories. Pass them on.

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  • ABN: 59 835 329 843
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7277 Midland Highway, The Murray, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 3629

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