History

Traditional custodians

Prior to European settlement, The Basin and surrounding suburbs were often visited by the Bunurong and Yarra Yarra people--hunting in the summer months in the Dandenong Ranges and its foothills. The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation are the acknowledged traditional custodians of the land on which The Basin and all of City of Knox is located.

Origin of the name

The Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller

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