said to have been present. King 
Johnny died on 29th January, 1883, 
and was buried in the Donald ceme- 
tery. 
The next in line of Royal Succession 
was Johnny's nephew, who was known 
as Big Bob, or Murdering Bob, or 
Morton Plains Bobby. King Robert of 
Morton Plains died at the Ebenezer 
Mission Station, north of Dimboola. 
on 10th April, 1896, aged about 70. 
He was buried in the Station's ceme- 
tery. The next King was Anthony 
Anderson, "King of Birchip, Morton 
Plains, Donald and Surrounding 
Country". He died at, and was buried 
at, the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, 
near Healesville, on 14th March, 1914, 
believed to have been about 74 years 
of age. The last of the Jaara was 
Robert Kinnear of Charlton, who won 
the Stawell Gift in 1883. He died at 
Antwerp, on the Wimmera River, when 
aged about 80 on 6th January, 1935. 
While most aborigines of Victoria 
appear to have been sport-minded, as 
witnessed by the honours gathered by 
the many native football and cricket 
teams, the Jaara seem to have ex- 
ceeded them all at footrunning and 
horsemanship. As well as Robert Kin- 
near there was Black Mattie Hines, 
who combined footrunning and horse 
riding, and who won some important 
flat races and steeplechases. Jacky- 
Jacky, another local aboriginal, won a 
horse riding event. Tilting the Ring, 
and the 300 yards foot race at the 
Donald Sports on 4th Janaury, 1868. 
Black Robert Macredie (named after 
Robert Macredie, the pioneer) was a 
very fast runner, said to be able to 
do the 100 yards in under 10 seconds; 
he won the 200 yards at the Donald 
Sports in 2nd January, 1869. He was 
also a splendid horseman. On 10th 
April, 1878, at the Warracknabeal 
Sports, the aborigines were reported 
*'to be holding their own" at several 
events. 
After this time, however, they be- 
came fewer and fewer, and gravitated 
towards the Aboriginal and Mission 
Stations, where their tribal identities 
were lost, and where their half-caste 
descendants became absorbed into 
"The Aborigines of Victoria". 
Genery's 
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183 Liftle Collins Street 
Melbourne 
(one door from Russell Street) 
Phone 63 2160 
Microscopical stains and mountants. 
Magnifying lenses and insect nets. 
Excellent student microscope with 
powers from 40X to 300X, resolution: 
20,000 lines per inch. $29.50. 
Standard laboratory equipment, ex- 
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