Kulin nation

[a] At the time of British settlement in the 1830s, the collective populations of the Woiwurrung, Boonwurrung and Wadawurrung tribes of the Kulin nation was estimated to be under 20,000.

[2][3] Due to the upheaval and disturbances from British settlement from the 1830s on, there is limited physical evidence of the Kulin peoples' collective past.

However, there is a small number of registered sites of cultural and spiritual significance in the Melbourne area.

[4][5] At certain times of the year, these nations would meet at Yarra Falls to settle disputes, to trade, and to hold corroborees.

[6] When foreign people passed through or were invited onto tribal lands, the ceremony of tanderrum – freedom of the bush – was performed.