The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people have filed a native title claim with the federal court over Melbourne and surrounding suburbs.

It covers thousands of square kilometres of metropolitan Melbourne from north of the Great Dividing Range, east towards Mount Baw Baw, west to the Werribee River and south to Moradialloc Creek. 

The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are seeking legal recognition of their traditional rights and connection to the country, according to the claim filed on Friday.

The action comes a little over a week after Victoria became the first state in Australia to legislate a treaty with its Indigenous people. 

Elder Perry Wandin said it was time for the traditional lore and customs of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people to be recognised.

"Wurundjeri people have fought for dec

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