Indigenous People of the Bacchus Marsh Area

The Werribee River is a natural divide between the language groups of the Wada Warrung (aka Wathaurong among others) (see map)and the Woi Warrung.

Of the Woi Warrung, the six clans of the Yarra Valley, much of which is today occupied by Melbourne, are known as the Wurundjeri.²

The Kurung-jang-balluk clan occupied the area from the Werribee River to Sunbury.³

The Wada Wurrung were a powerful and populous tribe that included at least twenty five clans.
The clan of Marpeang balug, occupied the Blackwood, Myrniong, and Bacchus Marsh areas.

Sources and Links

1. Bacchus Marsh Heritage Guide by the Bacchus Marsh and District Historical Society Entry 71 page 90-91
2. Aboriginal Heritage in the Corangamite Region of Victoria
3. The Kulin Nation