Yalukit

The Yalukit or Yalukit-willam people were a clan[1] or horde of the larger Bunurong, the indigenous inhabitants of the region around Melbourne.

Country

Yalukit territory extended eastwards from the Werribee River, through to Williamstown, Sandridge and St Kilda.[2]

Place names in Melbourne from the Yalukit dialect

  • Williamstown was called Kertbooruc/ Koort-boork-boork (a clump of she-oak trees at that site).[3]
  • Kororoit Creek. Kororoit male kangaroo, said to be from kure (kangaroo).[3][lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Alternatively, Koroit may refer to geothermal activity, smoking or hot ground[3]

Citations

References

  • Clark, Ian D.; Heydon, Toby (2004). A Bend in the Yarra: A History of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 978-0-855-75469-3.
  • Clark, Ian D. (2011) [First published 2001]. THE YALUKIT-WILLAM: The First People of Hobsons Bay (PDF). Hobsons Bay City Council. ISBN 0-646-41669-3.
  • Eidelson, Meyer (2014). Yalukit William: The River People of Port Phillip. City of Port Phillip. ISBN 978-0-646-92065-8.
  • Presland, Gary (1994) [First published 1985]. Aboriginal Melbourne. The lost land of the Kulin people. McPhee Gribble. ISBN 978-0-869-14346-9.


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