For thousands of years prior to European settlement, the Bunurong people were a part of a larger Indigenous confederation in South Eastern Australia known as the Kulin Nation (Parks Victoria 2010). Bunurong Country extended from the Weribee River to Wilson’s Promontory, and consisted of 5 estates which were each cared for by a particular family group known as a clan (MPS 2008; Parks Victoria 2010). Point Nepean, or Mon Mon, was an important destination for the Bunurong people as part their seasonal journey cycle of the bay area. It was a meeting place, especially for women, and was part of a spiritual journey which symbolized connection, creation and renewal between each other, and with the Creator spirit, Bunjil (Parks Victoria 2010). Upon these annual visits they would return to their semi-permanent campsites and build small dwellings called mia mia out of sapling wood and tree bark, and would rebuild their cooking pits to get ready for their stay here (NHS 2017; Parks Victoria 2017). Continue on down the walking track to learn more about how important this landscape and its natural resources were to the Bunurong people.