Pangerang People - Wangaratta, Victoria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 36° 21.413 E 146° 19.433
55H E 439338 N 5976254
Near the Wangaratta Pioneer monument Cairn is this Historical Marker.
Waymark Code: WM16BW7
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 06/25/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Tuena
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The unusual Historical Marker is shaped as a black marble headstone, set on a small concrete pad beside the main road into Wangaratta CBD. It reads:

In Memory Of
The Pangerang aborigines who
once owned this beautiful valley
before the coming of white
settlers. MARY MILAWA the last
of her tribe died 6-11-1888
"She walked in her world all alone."
On a shallow concrete plinth to the front is a rectangular bronze plaque, which reads:

"This memorial erected by Wangaratta City Council and donated by the Dowling Family "Pangerang Descendants""

Visited: 1535, Wednesday, 2 March, 2022

Age/Event Date: 1888

Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only

Type of Historic Marker if other: 'Gravestone'

Historic Resources.:
Wangaratta City Council


Related Website: Not listed

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