Shepparton. The octagonal museum building of the Bangerang Aboriginal group. Built in 1982 for the Shepparton International Village project which was formed in 1974. Architect Frederick Romberg..
One of the unique features of Shepparton was the establishment of the International Village project conceived in 1974 but not opened until 1982. Apart from spaces for immigrant groups space was also assigned to the Yorta Yorta, Bangerang and some other Aboriginal people. The number of Bangerang from Echuca to Shepparton were estimated at 1,200 people in 1841. With financial assistance from the state government, Shepparton City, the Australian Council etc money was obtained to have an architect designed an octagonal cultural centre. It was sited at the entrance to the International Village which closed in 1996. Now it has become the Bangerang Cultural Centre, the first Aboriginal managed museum in Victoria. The Aboriginal residents of Shepparton were for decades confined to a shanty Aboriginal Mission village on the banks of the Goulburn River between Shepparton and Mooroopna called Cummerangunja. After years of flooding and poor conditions the Yorta Yorta people walked off the village site in 1939 in protest about the conditions and their treatment. 200 people walked to the River Murray and crossed into NSW. Most ended up settling at Echuca or returning to Shepparton. A new village called Rumbalara with improved living conditions was built by the Victorian government in 1958. It is now owned and operated by the local Aboriginal community and it includes a medical centre and welfare services for the 6,000 residents who identify as Aboriginal. In Queens Park there is a bronze statue of Yorta Yorta man William Cooper who founded NAIDOC week and the Australian Aborigines league. There is also an Aboriginal Street Art project in Fryers Street between Maude and Corio Streets. The murals were painted by well-known artist Adnate and they depict the late William Cooper( mentioned above), the late Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls who was the first and so far only Aboriginal governor of an Australian state- South Australia and local elders Aunty Margaret Tucker, and Nora Charles. Elsewhere in Shepparton at 67 Welsford Street is a mural painted by Adnate of Aunty Briggs and Aunty Morgan.
Shepparton. The octagonal museum building of the Bangerang Aboriginal group. Built in 1982 for the Shepparton International Village project which was formed in 1974. Architect Frederick Romberg..
One of the unique features of Shepparton was the establishment of the International Village project conceived in 1974 but not opened until 1982. Apart from spaces for immigrant groups space was also assigned to the Yorta Yorta, Bangerang and some other Aboriginal people. The number of Bangerang from Echuca to Shepparton were estimated at 1,200 people in 1841. With financial assistance from the state government, Shepparton City, the Australian Council etc money was obtained to have an architect designed an octagonal cultural centre. It was sited at the entrance to the International Village which closed in 1996. Now it has become the Bangerang Cultural Centre, the first Aboriginal managed museum in Victoria. The Aboriginal residents of Shepparton were for decades confined to a shanty Aboriginal Mission village on the banks of the Goulburn River between Shepparton and Mooroopna called Cummerangunja. After years of flooding and poor conditions the Yorta Yorta people walked off the village site in 1939 in protest about the conditions and their treatment. 200 people walked to the River Murray and crossed into NSW. Most ended up settling at Echuca or returning to Shepparton. A new village called Rumbalara with improved living conditions was built by the Victorian government in 1958. It is now owned and operated by the local Aboriginal community and it includes a medical centre and welfare services for the 6,000 residents who identify as Aboriginal. In Queens Park there is a bronze statue of Yorta Yorta man William Cooper who founded NAIDOC week and the Australian Aborigines league. There is also an Aboriginal Street Art project in Fryers Street between Maude and Corio Streets. The murals were painted by well-known artist Adnate and they depict the late William Cooper( mentioned above), the late Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls who was the first and so far only Aboriginal governor of an Australian state- South Australia and local elders Aunty Margaret Tucker, and Nora Charles. Elsewhere in Shepparton at 67 Welsford Street is a mural painted by Adnate of Aunty Briggs and Aunty Morgan.