History Posters

A celebration of the achievements of the 1868 Aboriginal cricket team, the first Australian team to beat the English. 

A synopsis of the life achievements of the famed 19th century Aboriginal Leader.

Although Batman was a liar, swindler, lecher, and murderer, he was lionised by many as ‘a good bloke’.

The escaped convict who spent 32 years with the Kulin, had a significant role in preparing Aboriginal people for the inevitable invasion.

An Aboriginal sprinter in the 1880’s whose times were better than Usain Bolt and Carl Lewis, but he remains virtually unknown.

The famed 20th century Aboriginal civil rights leader who now belatedly has a federal electorate named after him.

A description of the traditional Aboriginal football game that inspired the development of Australian Rules Football.

The surveyor in Batman’s Port Phillip Syndicate has been touted as a man of integrity but he was a manipulator, murderer and child abductor.

Billibelleri demonstrated the prodigious memory required to continually learn songs, stories, and ceremonies and so ultimately progressed to the high status of Songman, the second most senior position in a tribe.

Many early settlers observed with amazement at how accurately Aboriginal people could mimic the calls and movements of animals, and the voices and mannerisms of people, but Simon Wonga was something else.

Jagga-Jagga is an almost mythical figure from early colonial times in Victoria. This is attributable in part to his tribal role as Kidney-Fat Man (Marmbulakul) or tribal executioner.

Uncle Reg Blow (1939-2012) was a Senior Elder in the Melbourne Aboriginal community. A pioneer in developing Aboriginal community services, he was a person of vision and impeccable character.