The first known violent encounter with the Watha wurrung was in October 1803 when Lieutenant J Tuckey, part of Lieutenant Colonel David Collins short lived settlement at Sorrento, was surveying and exploring the Northwest Harbour (Corio Bay). Tuckey met a considerable number of Aboriginal people near the You Yangs, probably belonging to the Yaawangi and Watha wurrung balug clans, but the encounter turned ugly when two of the Aborigines appeared to have ‘perfect’ knowledge of the use of firearms and were terrified at the sight of them. (1995, Ian D Clark)

Sources: Tuckey 1805; Wynd 1981