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The map below shows significant places on Wathaurong Country. Click on the markers to learn more about them.
Keep checking this page as we will be adding more places!
You Yangs
You Yangs Regional Park, Branch Road, Little River, Victoria, Australia
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative
62 Morgan St, North Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Wurdi Youang
Little River Ripley Road, Little River, Victoria, Australia
Wathaurong Glass
16 Rodney Rd, North Geelong, Victoria, Australia
King Billy’s grave
King Billy died in Geelong Hospital and was buried at Western Cemetery. A headstone was placed there by the Mayor of Geelong at the time, Robert de Bruce Johnstone. Descendants of King Billy still live in Geelong. Western Cemetery, Herne Hill, Victoria, Australia
Birthplace of King Billy
King Billy, or Willem Baa Niip, was considered the last of the Wathaurong mob. His dad named him after a bunyip. He was born on the banks of a lagoon near what is now Little Malop Street in Geelong. King Billy defended his right to live on the land of his people. Little Malop Street Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia