Point Pearce (Burgiyana) is located about 10 kms north of Port Victoria.

Generations of Nharangga people lived and travelled throughout the area before the arrival of the Europeans. In the first 30 years of European settlement on Nharangga land, 80% of traditional owners of this country were wiped out. In 1867, Point Pearce (Burgiyana) was set up as an Aboriginal mission.

For the traditional owners of this country, Point Pearce (Burgiyana) was crucial to their survival. Point Pearce (Burgiyana) was and still is a sanctuary for Aboriginal people. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, missions from other areas in the state were closed down by government and Aboriginal people from other clan groups were moved to Point Pearce (Burgiyana) to live with the traditional owners of the area. This caused many problems that are still evident today. From this time, the word Nharangga - which means camp site - was used to describe the Aboriginal people who lived at Point Pearce (Burgiyana). But today, the direct descendants of the traditional owners, who live on the land and have cultural knowledge, see themselves as Nharangga people.

The following is an excerpt from a poster located at Point Pearce (Burgiyana):

'The Nharangga country once extended as far north as Port Broughton and east to the Hummock Ranges. Their neighbours were the Kaurna of the Adelaide Plains and the Nukunu to the north, with whom the Nharangga would meet for trade and ceremony. 

The Nharangga managed and preserved their lands. They used fire to clear old grasses and promote fresh plant growth. Fresh water rockholes were covered with slabs of stone or brushwood to keep the water clean and to prevent animals from drinking from them. Trackways were maintained through thick mallee forests, linking places and people throughout the peninsula.'