Yorta Yorta
YOR-tah YOR-tah
Traditional owners of land along the Murray and Goulburn Rivers in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
About the Yorta Yorta People
The Yorta Yorta people Traditional owners of land along the Murray and Goulburn Rivers in northern Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Significant
Yorta Yorta Mob
c. 1860 - 29 March 1941
William Cooper
“We as Aborigines have known persecution and we sympathise with all people who are oppressed.”
William Cooper
Yorta Yorta elder who founded the Australian Aborigines' League and led a remarkable protest against the Nazi persecution of Jewish people during Kristallnacht.
Made with love in Meanjin
Always will be is a privately run, Aboriginal owned and led project that aims to improve the connection people feel to country and the understanding people have about Aboriginal and Torres Strait cultures, history and people.