Contents: geology (silurian, devonian, mountain building, miocene, continental drift), flora, aborigines (the Wurundjeri, Moor-rul, Wurundjeri-willam, eaglehawk and crow moieties, clan territory, messengers, language, lifestyle, shelters, hunting weaponry, women gathering food, fire-making, games, Gawa Aboriginal Resource Trail, markers along the way, the Wit Wit), the coming of Europeans (rumours of things to come, smallpox, squatters move into the Yarra Valley, European settlement, the future?). Short list of local plants used by Wurendjeri people and a select bibliography.