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Large numbers of local Aborigines moved in and out of the small camp at Indented Head and William Todd's diary records extensive ' Corrobboring ', ' singing ' and shared hunting parties with local Aborigines that Todd himself but poorly understood and generally did not participate in.

On 3 August 1835, after the small camp's imported food supplies ran low, William Todd recorded, " We have commenced eating Roots the same as the Natives do "-these were murnong or Yam Daisy roots ( Microseris lanceolata ) which were a staple of the local Aboriginal diet and would have been collected in large quantities by local Aboriginal women.