THE WHITE WOMAN IN GIPPS LAND. – In the last number of Fact and Figures in the Division of “Notes and Queries,” in answer to an enquiry from a correspondent respecting the romance of the white woman held in captivity by the natives of Gipps Land, the editor furnishes us with the following elucidation: - For the information of our correspondent and readers generally, we have taken much pains to obtain an authentic account of all matters connected with the white captive of Gipps Land. The story of a white woman being held in bondage among natives of Gipps Land appears to have originated among the natives themselves. From the wilds of Gipps Land it travelled wesward, until it reached the highest grades of Melbourne society, where it excited more than romantic pity and sympathy. A public meeting, in fact was called, to organise expeditions for the purpose of releasing the poor captive. Mr. Latrobe, then superintendent of the colony, took a keen interest in the matter, and ordered the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr Tyers, to employ the Border and Native Police on the duty of searching for the fair bondsmaid, whilst a private expedition was fitted and equipped by public subscription. Mr. Cavanagh, an old and respected colonist, was most active in his exertions as secretary in collecting moneys and hastening the expedition. Private quarrels, however, among the various officers connected with it, prevented it from fulfilling the expectations of its promoters, and it was eventually placed under the direction of Mr. Tyers. The whole of the district of Gipps Land from the shores to the Alps – dense scrubs, mountains, and marshy plains – all were searched with the greatest minuteness and care: all the native tribes from Melbourne to the confines of New South Wales were communicated with without success. Some of the natives declared they had seen the white woman on a mountain only a few days before: away went the police with rapid strides, only to hear that the white woman was on an Island in one of the lakes that abound in this district. On reaching the lake they were told that Bunjeleeni, the chief, had removed her back to the mountain, and thus the fruitless search was carried on. At length Bunjeleeni was captured and sent to Melbourne. Soon after which Serjeant Windridge (of the native and afterwards of the border police), obtained certain information which led him to believe that the white woman was in close proximity to his camp. Availing himself of the darkness of the night and guided by the fires and wild cries of the aborigines, Serjeant Windridge quietly led his party to the native camp. Here he beheld the long sought after object, in the centre of a group of aboriginal dancers, whose savage yells as they danced around her could only be compared to the ravings of maniacs. The white woman, proved to be the figure head of a vessel which was wrecked on the coast! and captured by Serjeant Windridge, and brought to Eagle Point, where it may probably now be seen in front of Mr. Tyers’ former residence. The natives, it transpired, regarded it as a god, and carried it around wherever they went. Bunjeleeni declared that no living white woman was ever known among the natives of the district. A native boy who could speak English well, corroborated this assertion, and Mr. Tyers believes it true. – [Ed. F. and F.]