Official olpening of Memorial Cairn, November 1972 (author)

HISTORICAL From 1840 to 1843, the Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate Station was established at Police Paddocks, to 'protect' Aboriginal people from the frontier violence by encouraging them to move to government stations.   During this period, the 'official' headquarters for the Melbourne or Western Port District was Nerre Nerre Warrene. At this location, school classes and religious services were held for Aboriginal people and rations provided in exchange for manual labour.

Commmorative Cairn1, Feb 2017 (author)

Commemorative Cairn, Feb 2017 (author)

(Above) Site of Stud complex and Cairn, 2017 (author, from Earth). The darker green growth is periwinkle which has grown over sub-surface artefacts.  The site and Memorial Cairn are reached via an unsigned 1 km bush track from the end of Frankston Drive (accessed from gated Churchill Park Drive). It may also be reached from a gated 1 km foot-track starting at Brady Rd, next to the Dandenong Creek bridge.

Memoria Cairn, Feb 2017 (author)

Artefacts near Memorial Cairn, 2017 (author)