Mudgen, the king or chief of the Barrabool tribe of Aborigines, died on Sunday morning last, the disease which carried him off being a severe attack of influenza. Mudgen was well known about Geelong and the neighbouring districts as a very intelligent, inoffensive man. He was identified as much by a brass plate (the gift of a private individual) in the shape of a crescent, which he always wore suspended round his neck by a chain, as by his venerable appearance, erect bearing and well proportioned figure. Dr Baylie attended Mudgen throughout his illness, and was with him a little before he expired. –
Geelong Advertiser Tues 9 October 1849, page 2