Kings Domain Resting Place 1985

Registration number

1721147

Title

Kings Domain Resting Place

Production date

1985

Medium

granite boulder

Inscriptions

plaque: THIS IS THE RESTING PLACE FOR THE SKELETAL REMAINS OF 38 ABORIGINAL PEOPLE. / THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOLLOWING TRIBES OF VICTORIA. / BIDAWAL BRABIRALUNG BRAIKAULUNG BRATAUOLUNG BUNGJANDITJ / BUNJILKRAURA BUNRONG DIJILAMATANG DUDUROA GUNDITJMARA / JAADWA JAARA JAITMATHANG JARIJARI JUPAGALK KATUBAMUT / KIRRAE KOLAKNGAT KRAUATUNGALUNG KURNAI KURUNG KWATKWAT / LATJILATJI MARDITJALI MINJAMBUTA NGURELBAN PANGERANG / TATITATI TATUNGALUNG TAUNGURONG TJAPWURUNG WAMBAWAMBA / WATIWATI WATHAURUNG WARKAWARKA WATJOBALUK WURUNDJERI / YORTAYORTA RISE FROM THIS GRAVE / RELEASE YOUR ANGER AND PAIN / AS YOU SOAR WITH THE WINDS / BACK TO YOUR HOMELANDS. / THERE FIND PEACE WITH OUR / SPIRITUAL MOTHER THE LAND / BEFORE DRIFTING OFF INTO THE / “DREAMTIME”

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Kings Domain Resting Place, Aboriginal Heritage, Aboriginal Melbourne

Summary

The Kings Domain Resting Place is a memorial in Melbourne located in Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue. The site is the resting place for the repatriated and reburied remains of 38 Aboriginal People of Victoria, marked by a memorial plaque embedded in a large granite boulder. It is an Aboriginal heritage site protected by the Melbourne Planning Scheme. The whole area of Melbourne's Domain Parkland and Memorial Precinct, including the site itself was added to the Australian National Heritage List on 11 February 2018.