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 * 4. Kolore || West of Muston's Creek, including Mount Rouse.
 * 5. Coonawanne || West of Emu Creek, including Mount Shadwell.
 * 6. Warrnambool (or Pertobe) || East of Merri Rivulet to Lake Terang.
 * 7. Tooram || West of Curdie's Creek.
 * 8. Keilambeitch|| East of Lake Terang.
 * 9. Leehoorah|| Mount Leura, Lakes Bulleen-Merri and Gnotuk.
 * 10. Korotch or Koroche || East of the River Moyne.
 * 11. Mumkelunk || Between the River Moyne and the River Shaw.
 * 12. Weereitch-weereitch || East of River Eumeralla.
 * 13. Terrin Challum || East of Salt Creek, including Mount Fyans.
 * 14. Purteet Chowel || South-east of Lake Boloke, including Mount Hamilton.
 * 15. Terrumbehal || Between the River Hopkins and Fiery Creek.
 * 16. Werupurrong || East of Fiery Creek.
 * 17. Moocherrak || South-west of the Pyrenees.
 * 18. Punnoinjon || East of the Serra Range.
 * 19. Neitcheyong || East of Mount William.
 * 20. Yourwychall || Between the River Wannon and the Grange Burn.
 * 21. Narragoort || East of Curdie's Creek.
 * 22. Mullungkill || South of Lake Purrumbete, including Mount Porndon.
 * 23. Barrath || Sherbrooke Creek, including Brown's Hill.
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 * 15. Terrumbehal || Between the River Hopkins and Fiery Creek.
 * 16. Werupurrong || East of Fiery Creek.
 * 17. Moocherrak || South-west of the Pyrenees.
 * 18. Punnoinjon || East of the Serra Range.
 * 19. Neitcheyong || East of Mount William.
 * 20. Yourwychall || Between the River Wannon and the Grange Burn.
 * 21. Narragoort || East of Curdie's Creek.
 * 22. Mullungkill || South of Lake Purrumbete, including Mount Porndon.
 * 23. Barrath || Sherbrooke Creek, including Brown's Hill.
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 * 20. Yourwychall || Between the River Wannon and the Grange Burn.
 * 21. Narragoort || East of Curdie's Creek.
 * 22. Mullungkill || South of Lake Purrumbete, including Mount Porndon.
 * 23. Barrath || Sherbrooke Creek, including Brown's Hill.
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 * 22. Mullungkill || South of Lake Purrumbete, including Mount Porndon.
 * 23. Barrath || Sherbrooke Creek, including Brown's Hill.
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The areas marked out by Mr. Charles Gray, of Nareeb Nareeb, agree very closely with those laid down by Mr. Goodall.

The areas occupied by many of the tribes are small, but each seems to have had a fair proportion of water-frontage.

It would be difficult to subdivide the tract more justly than was done by the Aborigines.

The late Mr. E. S. Parker has given the following information respecting the divisions of a portion of Victoria:—

"I found on my first investigations into the character and position of these people that the country was occupied by a number of petty nations, easily distinguished from each other by their having a distinct dialect or language, as well as by other peculiarities. Each occupied its own portion of country, and so, as far as I could learn, never intruded on each other's territory, except when engaged in hostilities, or invited by regularly-appointed messengers. Thus, for the sake of example, the country on the northern and eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay and to the northward and westward up to Mount Macedon was inhabited by the Wawurrong; the country around Geelong and to the