Angus McMillan was a Scottish explorer who came to New South Wales in 1838. He became the overseer of Lachlan Macalister's cattle station, befriended the local Aboriginal people and quickly became an expert bushman. And although Paul Strzelecki is heralded as the first European to explore Gippsland, it was actually Angus McMillan who discovered the area.
In 1839, Macalister instructed McMillan to set up a cattle station at Numbla Munjie, near what is now Omeo, where McMillan was involved in massacres of the Aborigines in retaliation for their herding of cattle.
Around this time McMillan and five other men set out on an expedition to find grazing land and a harbour on the Gippsland coast. They explored many of the rivers and lakes, but were forced to return to Numbla Munjie when they ran short of food.