DROMANA

From Dromana to the tip of Point Nepean was first known as Kangerong or White Cliff. The name was derived from the pastoral run taken up by Edward Hobson in 1838.

Today, the name 'White Cliffs' refers to a rocky cliff outcrop on a small hill, to the west of Rye pier. At the base of the outcrop is a reconstructed lime burners' kiln, a tribute to one of the major industries initiated by early Rye settlers.

And the name 'Kangerong' appears as Kangerong Avenue and Kangeroo Holiday Park in Dromana...

INDIGENOUS CONNECTIONS

Boonwurung goes from Werribee River to Moe (Moe) in the north, & from Monmar (Point Nepean) to Wamoon/Wamoom (Wilson’s Prom) in the south, including the east side of Nerm/Neerim/Nairm (Port Phillip Bay), all of (Western Port) & the southern coast. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

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The Bunurong People are the Indigenous People from south-eastern Victoria. Their traditional land extends from the Werribee River in the north-west, down to Wilson’s Promontory in the south-east, taking the catchments of old Carrum swamp, Westernport Bay and the Tarwin River, and including Mornington Peninsula, Phillip Island and French Island. Bunurong People are part of a language group or nation know as Koolin. Bunurong People prefer to be known as Koolin rather than Koori, which is a word from a different language. 

The Kulin nation is an alliance of five Indigenous Australian nations in south-central Victoria, Australia. Their collective territory extends around Port Phillip and Western Port, up into the Great Dividing Range and the Loddon and Goulburn River valleys.The Kulin nation comprised the Jajowrong tribe that lived in the western area north of Ballarat, the Wathaurung people from the Geelong district, the Woiworung tribe of the lower Yarra valley (including the Wurundjeri clan), the Taungurongs from the hilly district surrounding Seymour, and the Bunurong tribe of the coastal lands around Port Phillip Bay, Western Port Bay and Wilsons Promontory. 

Mordialloc was important for the Bunurong tribe because part of the upstream creek valley acted as a boundary with the neighbouring Woiworungs, and the creek provided fresh water and plentiful food as well. Bunurong people traversed the whole coastal fringe of Port Phillip around as far as the Geelong area.