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3 unusual facts about Goulburn River


Daungwurrung language

Daungwurrung was spoken north of the Great Dividing Range in the Goulburn River Valley around Mansfield, Benalla and Heathcote.

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

The Goulburn River was dammed by the southern end of the fault to create a natural lake.

Richard Henry Horne

During his time at Rushworth, as part of a 'foolhardy business transaction', Horne had invested in blocks of land at nearby Murchison on the Goulburn River.


Tahbilk

Marie brought in his friend, the former Goldfields Commissioner at Rushworth, Richard Henry Horne, who had as part of a 'foolhardy business transaction', invested in blocks of land at nearby Murchison on the Goulburn River.


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Taungurong people

In March 1863 after three years of upheaval, the surviving leaders, among them Simon Wonga and William Barak, led forty Wurundjeri, Taungurong (Goulburn River) and Bun warrung people over the Black Spur and squatted on a traditional camping site on Badger Creek near Healesville and requested ownership of the site.