- Title
- McKay's 1891 journey : A window into the Victorian Mallee back country
- Creator
- Burch, John
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/167672
- Identifier
- vital:13674
- Identifier
- ISBN:1030-7710
- Abstract
- In 1891 Nathaniel McKay travelled south from Mildura across the Mallee back country to Yellumjip, south-west of Ouyen. He described his journey in the Mildura Cultivator and his articles provide a rare description of the back country, also opening a window into colonial and Aboriginal use of that land. They document the squatters’ attempts to develop the land, and their reliance on Aboriginal labour. In combination with other colonial sources, McKay’s observations also suggest extensive pre-colonial use of the back country by Aboriginal people. That Aboriginal land use then provides a framework that explains the settlement patterns of the squatters.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society of Victoria
- Relation
- Victorian Historical Journal Vol. 89, no. 1 (2018), p. 45-65
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Rights
- Culturally sensitive
- Subject
- 2103 Historical Studies; History
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