The Boonwurrung observe the first settlement of white men, who arrived in their Birrarang-ga (country of river) in ships at what will become Sorrento.
Among these visitors is a young boy named John Pascoe Fawkner, who along with John Batman, will be a part of the first European settlement of Melbourne in another 33 years.
When the people saw the arrival of the white men they were frightened.
They came in strange ships, there were only guleeny (men) and no bagurrk (women).
They wore strange clothes and carried strange weapons.
The Boonwurrung had heard about these people, through the stories told by other Indigenous groups and nations with whom they traded.
The people were frightened and went to the weegabeel (old) guleeny (men) and bagurrk (women) of their clan to seek advice.
The weegabeel (old) guleeny (men) and bagurrk (women) retired away from the group to discuss the crisis that confronted them.
When they returned to their people, they told them that they had seen a vision of the future.
In this vision, they had seen a time of great crisis.
They had seen that these visitors had come and not left.
They saw that these visitors would break many laws of Bundjil — killing animals but not eating the meat, destroying the murnong (yam daisy) crops, damming the wurneet (creek/river) and stopping the iilk (eel) from breeding.
The wurneet (creek/river) would turn from guyang (blue) to yaleen (brown) and wiiny (fire) would rain down on their birrarang-ga (country).
They saw death and pain for their people.
The people became even more frightened, and then became angry.
Then the weegabeel (old) wise people told them that there was a second part of their vision.
They foresaw a time, many years later, when the white men who stayed began to understand the laws of Bundjil and the Boonwurrung people.
They saw a time when the spirit of the Boonwurrung would be reborn, a time when wurneet (creek/river) would run clean again, and tarrang (trees) and forests would regrow.
The weegabeel (old) wise people saw a time when the strong spirit of the traditional owners, their culture and their enjoyment of this wonderful landscape would be reflected again in this land.