Baz Luhrmann solely acted in a 2008 Australian-American-British film.
Ebenezer Mission station was established near Lake Hindmarsh , Victoria , Australia -LRB- near Jeparit -RRB- in 1859 by the Moravian Church on the land of the Wotjobaluk .. Lake Hindmarsh. Lake Hindmarsh. Victoria. Victoria ( Australia ). Australia. Australia. Jeparit. Jeparit, Victoria. Moravian Church. Moravian Church. Wotjobaluk. Wergaia. The first missionaries were two Germans , Reverend Friedrich Hagenauer and Reverend F.W. Spieseke .. Friedrich Hagenauer. Friedrich Hagenauer. In 1861 the Victorian Colonial Government gazetted 1897 acre as a reserve for the Ebenezer Mission Station .. The mission was established a few years after the failure of the Moravian Lake Boga mission in Wemba-Wemba territory .. Lake Boga mission. Lake Boga mission. Wemba-Wemba. Wemba-Wemba. mission. Mission ( station ). Horatio Cockburn Ellerman , an early settler who established Antwerp Station , suggested the site where the mission station was established rather than the three sites suggested by the Government .. mission. Mission ( station ). The site selected was known as Banji bunag and had traditional meaning for the Wotjobaluk being a corroboree ground according to elder Uncle Jack Kennedy , and also contained the grave for an aboriginal woman shot dead , the mother of William Wimmera .. Wotjobaluk. Wergaia. corroboree. corroboree. Uncle Jack Kennedy. William John Kennedy. William Wimmera. William Wimmera. The main aim of the mission was to ` civilise ' and Christianise the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area .. mission. Mission ( station ). In 1860 , the first convert to Christianity , Nathanael Pepper , was baptised .. Christianity. Christianity. Nathanael Pepper. Nathanael Pepper. Rations were given to residents on the condition that they attended church services and school .. As a result of the 1886 Act to Provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria which forced half caste aborigines off missions , by 1892 the number of residents at Ebenezer Mission Station dropped to only 30 people .. Victoria. Victoria ( Australia ). 1886 Act to Provide for the Protection and Management of the Aboriginal Natives of Victoria. Half-caste act. In 1902 the State Government of Victoria decided to close the Ebenezer Mission due to low numbers .. Victoria. Victoria ( Australia ). The mission closed in 1904 , and most of the land was handed back to the Victorian Lands Department and made available for selection .. mission. Mission ( station ). In the following twenty years many Wergaia people were forcibly moved to Lake Tyers Mission in Gippsland under police escort , along with closure of all rations to Ebenezer Mission and seizure of children .. Lake Tyers Mission. Lake Tyers Mission. Despite these measures , some Wergaia families avoided relocation and remained on their ancestral lands .