Tony Ford

Waranga Dreaming

2. Born on the goldfields

The man who was the inspiration for these stories was apparently born in High Street Rushworth in 1855-6.  There are contemporary reports of groups of Aboriginal people camping at the bottom end of High Street, and at least one reference to a corroboree being held there. To put his birth

Waranga Dreaming

1. Introduction

This series of stories examines aspects of the lives of the Aboriginal people who formerly lived in the Waranga area.  The kernel of the idea for the series comes from a brief article which appeared in the “Rushworth Chronicle” and “Murchison Advertiser” in 1917, viz - “King Billy, an old