Yellagonga (d. 1843) was a leader of the Whadjuk Noongar on the north side of the Swan River. Colonists saw Yellagonga as the owner of this area. However, land rights were also traced through women of the group. Yellagonga could hunt on wetlands north of Perth because of his wife Yingani's connections to that country.[1][2]

In 1843 the settler press reported that "the mild, amiable Yella-gonga acknowledged by the natives as the possessor of vast tracts of land between Perth and Fremantle, is no more. He fell from a rock on the river's bank, and was drowned".[3]

Heritage

Yellagonga Regional Park, around Lake Joondalup, was named after him.[4]

In 2018, Mia Yellagonga (Place of Yellagonga) was chosen as the name of the Woodside Energy Global Headquarters Campus bounded by Mounts Bay Road, Spring Street, and Mount Street (the former Emu Brewery site) in the Perth central business district.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Death of the King of Perth". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. 10 June 1843. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ Whish-Wilson, David (2013). Perth. NewSouth. ISBN 9781742241623. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Swan River". Port Phillip Gazette. 23 August 1843. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Yellagonga Regional Park". Explore Parks WA. Perth, WA: Department of Parks and Wildlife. 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Mia Yellagonga, Woodside's new home". Woodside. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.


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