Merri Creek resources

Books and articles
Wurundjeri-willam: Aboriginal heritage of Merri Creek – from Merri Creek Management Committee.
People of the Merri Merri: the Wurundjeri in colonial days, Isabel Ellender. MCMC, 2001.
Merri Creek – from Darebin Heritage.
Merri Creek – from eMelbourne.
A stroll along the Merri: evoking a landscape through archival research, Abigail Belfrage. Provenance. PROV, 2007.
A bend in the Yarra: A history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851, Ian Clark and Toby Heydon. AIATSIS, 2004.
Journey to the source of the Merri, Freya Mathews, 2003. Charnwood, A.C.T: Ginninderra Press.
Merri Creek: a ribbon of nature in Melbourne's north, Merri Creek Management Committee, 2023. Also, available from our Shop.

Video
Restoration and regeneration: from wastelands to parklands

Friends of Merri Creek Webinar series, 2020-2021
Merri fungi, July 2020
Fungal Ecologist Dr Sapphire McMullan-Fisher talks about the fungi found near Merri Creek, and their important roles. This is a recording of the Merri Creek Management Committee and Friends of Merri Creek webinar.

Merri birds, September 2020
Friends of Merri Creek bird survey leaders introduced their regular survey sites and spoke about their favourite birds, followed by a question and answer session.

From weed infested drain to bushland haven, July 2021
Local environmental legends Ann and Bruce McGregor discuss their 45 years of involvement in transforming Merri Creek from a weed-infested drain to bushland haven, illustrated with graphic before-and-after images of favourite areas.

Plirding, September 2021.
Plirding is picking up litter while birding — Ann McGregor, Friends of Merri Creek Birdwatch Coordinator, Julia Cirillo, from Merri Creek Management Committee, and Freya McGregor, from Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds radio show in the USA, and cordinator of Birdability, speak on the art of plirding, birds to look out for while birding, and how to pick up litter safely while contributing to the Victoria wide Litterwatch Citizen Science.

Let there be less light: the ecological impact of artificial light at night, November 2021
Therésa Jones, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, reveals how artificial light affects a number of insects, animals and birds, often changing their eating and sleeping habits.

 

Merri Creek. Henrietta M Pilkington 1845-1927. H1437, Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria.