Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheener Public Marker at the Queen Victoria Market
The first people to be hanged in Melbourne were two Aboriginal men, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner.Convicted of the murder of two whale-hunters in the Western Port area, Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner were publicly executed in front of a crowd of 6,000 in an effort to communicate a political message to Aboriginal people considering armed resistance to colonisation. Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner were buried in an unconsecrated section of the Old Melbourne Cemetery, a site which was later build over, unmarked and is now the site of the Queen Victoria Market.
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EY would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we meet today, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their Elders both past and present, and to emerging community leaders. We also acknowledge the important role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within EY and in the communities we work with.
