'An account of Aboriginals in the Port Phillip region, what is known of the Kulin people, descriptions of camps at Mordialloc and Templestowe, and of an Aboriginal protectorate. Local archaeology is discussed as a method of investigating the past. With further reading, illustrative sources and index. The author is an archaeologist who was site registrar at the Victorian Archaeological Survey.' (Source: Google Books website)
'Making Australia's past available to the general public is an important, and all-too-often overlooked task of archaeologists. Gary Presland's book is one of the most ambitious attempts to write such a prehistory of one of Australia's largest cties—Melbourne. It is an attempt which has been partially successful.' (Introduction)
'Making Australia's past available to the general public is an important, and all-too-often overlooked task of archaeologists. Gary Presland's book is one of the most ambitious attempts to write such a prehistory of one of Australia's largest cties—Melbourne. It is an attempt which has been partially successful.' (Introduction)
