Dockland past and present

What might the Dockland site have been like prior to white settlement? What is found at Docklands now? This piece was temporarily installed in writing around both sides of an entry door to the exhibition space.

‘Extensive grassy plains, soil stiff and shallow…swampy shore…sandy hills…good soil…Fresh (water)’
Matthew Flinders on ‘The Investigator,’ 1802,
from Flinders chart of Port Phillip Bay.

‘Boats for sale, jackhammer in the distance…jellyfish float…highrise apartments…lego coloured offices…open, windy, dry…salt water reflections…sculptures, trams, few people…’
Michal Teague, investigation, 2008