Eumerella Wars

Eumerella Wars
Date 1840s-1860s Location Deen Maar, south-west Victoria Result European occupation of the district
Belligerents
European settlers	Gunditjmara people
Commanders and leaders
	Jupiter Cocknose

The Eumerella Wars were the violent encounters between European settlers and aboriginal Australians in south west Victoria.^[1]

Rolf Boldrewood wrote a chapter about the war in his book Old Melbourne Memories (1896).^[2]

The remains of people involved in the conflict are at the Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area.^[3]

References

1. "A forgotten war, a haunted land", Sydney Morning Herald 10 August 2013 accessed 30 March 2014
2. Full copy of Old Melbourne Memories at Internet Archive
3. "Deen Maar Indigenous Protected Area", Department of the Environment accessed 30 March 2014