Mumbowran: Aboriginals and Early Law in Victoria
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~ Mumbowran ~ This is a riveting tale of Aboriginal strength alongside bureaucratic neglect. It comprises contemporaneous newspaper accounts published in the Geelong Advertiser[1] about this time of year in 1841, describing the fate of a wonderful Aboriginal known as Mumbowran. The Geelong Advertiser, at that time, was edited by[2] James Harrison[3] and owned by…