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    2 months ago

    I was on a roll, thinking I knew all this stuff - up until the last one! I did not know about the Bunurong people and lands.

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        2 months ago

        Was Elizabeth St originally Elizabeth Creek? Or is that just a joke about how it floods? I think I remember reading it used to be a creek.

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          2 months ago

          Although the whole area just bogged like mad (bearbrass has some hilarious anecdotes) you’re probably thinking of this article

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          I think I read that a bullock dray drowned in a rather large puddle at the corner of collins and elizabeth in the 1800’s