THE GUNDITJMARA LIVE WEST OF BUANDIG AND THEY HAD OTHER NEIGHBORS. THEY WERE RIVER AND LAKE PEOPLE SURROUNDING RIVER SYSTEMS WERE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THEM ECONOMICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. THEY BUILT STONE DWELLLINGS, AQUACULTURE, AND EEL FARMING. THEY BUILT STONE DAMS TO HOLD WATER AND CREATE PONDS AND WETLANDS TO GROW EELS AND FISH. THE WOMEN WOVE BASKETS TO HARVEST EELS.
IN 1833 WHALERS CLASHED WITH THE GUNDIDJI AS A WHALE WAS BEACHED. APPARENTLY THE ENGLISH KILLED MANY ABORIGINES BASED ON NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH MAN. LATER A LETTER FROM THE POLICE STATED THERE WERE ACTUALLY 250 ABORIGINES HERE.
DEEN MAR WAS THE SITE OF CONFLICT AND IT IS CALLED THE EUMERELLA WARS AND TOOK PLACE OVER 20 YEARS. FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY MANY WERE MOVED ON TO A MISSION. OUTSIDE OF THEIR AREA. THEY HAVE A TRUST IN 1987 THAT GAVE THEM TITLE TO THEIR INDIGENOUS LAND. IN 1993 THE PECK SPEAKERS PURCHASED THE DEEN MARR SO IT WAS A PROTECTED AREA.
THESE PEOPLE HOLD 4000 HECTARES OF CROWN LAND. THROUGH THEIR NATIVE TITLE AND TRADITION OWNERS CORPORATION THEY HAVE MANY PROJECTS BASED ON THE PRINCIPALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THEY BUILT AN AQUACULTURE SYSTEM AND SITES OF PERMANENT SETTLEMENT.
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