William Buckley, a British escaped convict, was known to have lived in a few caves from 1803 to 1835. The most known cave shelter is on Wathaurong/Wadawurrung Land, Bellarine Peninsula, under the lighthouse built in 1866 at Point Lonsdale, which is an excellent location to live with plenty of food and protection from the weather.

Who is Murrangurk? When two sisters found Buckley after his escape, they believed Buckley to be a reincarnated spirit of Murrangurk. There's not much material about this man, and we are still trying to find more information. What we do know is that Buckley took Murrangurk’s broken spear from his burial ground near Bream Creek and died (1803-4) after being killed in a fight with another clan member. (Massola, 1969).

How did Point Lonsdale get his name? Point Lonsdale was named in 1837 after Captain William Lonsdale, who was the first police magistrate of Port Phillip District in 1836. Buckley worked for Lonsdale as Commander and interpreter to the Indigenous tribes up until 1837.