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Ellen's Walk for Reconciliation

6/2/2018

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Compare past woes with present felicity. Ellen, Franklinford March 3, 1864

NAIDOC Week Public Walk:    
​Mount Franklin to Clarke’s Pool, Franklinford


Presented by the Shire of Hepburn, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the Great Dividing Trail Association

​Sunday 15 July 2018, 9am-2.30pm

Who was Ellen?

Ellen was a Dja Dja Wurrung woman who was born at the Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate in 1849, the daughter of Yerrebulluk (Dicky) and Brebie (Eliza). She was taught to read, write and do needlework at the Aboriginal school.

When the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria married in 1863 the Dja Dja Wurrung people sent the Queen two letters written by Ellen and a collar she had crocheted.
The Queen replied with her thanks, particularly asking Ellen to make it known to her people that she was concerned for their welfare. The Queen’s concern was warranted. Twenty-five years of contact with white people had already led, directly and indirectly, to the death of large numbers of the Dja Dja Wurrung people across central Victoria.
Ellen was removed, with six other Aboriginal children and five adults (including her mother, Eliza) when the Aboriginal Station at Franklinford closed, to the new reserve at Coranderrk, near present day Healesville, in April 1864. Ellen herself died in 1874 at the age of 35, following the deaths of her three children from tuberculosis.
Ellen’s life as well the lives of her parents is illustrative of many of the tumultuous changes that occurred to the Dja Dja Wurrung Nation and peoples in the three decades following first contact with Major Mitchell in 1836.
Walk participants will receive more information about the history of the area and the Protectorate during the walk.
Reconciliation
Ellen’s Walk for Reconciliation is a joint initiative of the Shire of Hepburn, the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation and the Great Dividing Trail Association. It forms one of many positive community initiatives being undertaken locally from 2018 as part of the Hepburn Shire’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). 

 
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11/13/2018 06:29:02 am

It was really nice to see the things about Ellen. I have to say that I am not really interested to know all the things that have been shared here about her but after convincing myself that this is worth reading, I have realized that I am indeed right with my decision. I love the fact that she was able to be brave enough to stand firm with her decisions that is why she was able to come up with her walk for reconciliation. She is indeed an inspiration to everyone. I will surely never forget the things that she did for others.

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