Word of the murder was sent to Lachlan Macalister. [2] Some historians assert that the number of 60 is an exaggeration, despite the witness accounts. Many people accept the massacre as a matter of fact, as a truism. 0000115969 00000 n He was shot through the foot and was so injured that he was called Club Foot.[39]. Purchase tickets, [10] Caldow (2012) p.25; Caldow W (2010) The early livestock trade between Gippsland and Van Diemens Land: insights from Patrick Coady Buckleys journal of 1844. The question posed at the start of this article was whether Gardners Warrigal Creek massacre story should be seen as historical fact or an apocryphal tale. Originally reported by Robinson as such, Gardner has interpreted an obscure comment by Robinson to argue that it was actually a massacre by settlers that Robinson was covering up. Coincidentally or not, the Australasian newspaper published stories between 1923 and 1925 with a one-eyed Aboriginal character named Bing-eye; the term club foot was ubiquitous. At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies. In 1845, Tyers reported on the Aborigines, stating: In the early part of 1843as I have been informed, some of the Corner Inlet tribe were occasionally employed by the few Settlers at Port Albert in carrying fire wood and in other light work for which they generally received payment in flour & cbut since the unprovoked murder of Mr Ronald Macalister by them at Port Albert, about that time, they have not been seen in the neighbourhood. E lizabeth Balderstone leads a lifestyle that many city dwellers fantasise about, on a farm in Victoria's Gippsland, surrounded by friendly sheep, with a humble little creek just 60 metres from. Those who came in chains, those who fled famine, those who fled or survived genocide and war and its consequences. McMillan made the first export of livestock to Van Diemens Land in 1842 and the trade continued until 1868 when it was halted by a tariff war between Victoria and Tasmania. This provides a contrast to Gardners analysis, which is based largely on a story from a schoolchildrens magazine from 1925. This was the cause of great enmity among the surviving Bunurong. So far, this has been lacking. The Warrigal Creek Massacre on Vimeo. This special screening is being hosted by the Healesville Local Aboriginal Network (LAN), Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA), Yarra . 2020, Cnr. But I wish to look forward, unimpeded by SJWs. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. Facebook. [1], The estimates of numbers of deaths vary: some historical accounts say that 60 people were killed,[citation needed] while other sources suggest that up to 150 people may have been killed. The area of Nuntin is on the western side of the Avon and was shown in a survey map of 1857. McMillan is not implicated in any of the material cited as evidence against him. 8 /Filter /FlateDecode >> 91 58 You can still browse your favorite events on our endobj Presumably he had reasons for both, but he did not say why and he did not reveal the source of his information. 4 0 obj The creek is on a farm 40 kilometres (25mi) south of Sale, and 200 kilometres (120mi) east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia. [43] The fallacy of this secrecy argument is that it is contradicted by Gardners own evidence from William Thomas from 1845 and other versions of the massacre story that pre-date Gippslander by more than fifty years (see below). Balderstone and Irving hope that one day Australia fully recognises the extent of the massacres through a truth and reconciliation commission. endstream endobj 92 0 obj <>/Metadata 5 0 R/PageLabels 2 0 R/Pages 4 0 R/StructTreeRoot 7 0 R/Type/Catalog/ViewerPreferences<>>> endobj 93 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC/ImageI]/Properties<>>>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 595.276 841.89]/Type/Page>> endobj 94 0 obj [95 0 R 96 0 R] endobj 95 0 obj <>/Border[0 0 0]/H/O/Rect[243.918 110.871 393.795 129.239]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 96 0 obj <>/Border[0 0 0]/H/O/Rect[262.285 160.096 431.264 175.524]/Subtype/Link/Type/Annot>> endobj 97 0 obj <> endobj 98 0 obj [/Indexed/DeviceCMYK 244 110 0 R] endobj 99 0 obj [/ICCBased 111 0 R] endobj 100 0 obj <>stream The manager of the Krowathunkooloong keeping place in Bairnsdale, Rob Hudson, agrees. 0000030698 00000 n Welcome to you all., Read Quadrant online or as a printed magazine Starting at $88.00 a year. 0000020673 00000 n Bookings free, but essential. The Australian reported in August: The Prince George touched at Port Albert on the 25th ultimo, and reports that the Agenoria is taking in cattle there, the captain of which reported the blacks to be in a very riotous state. However, Thomas, Hatcher and Meyrick did not mention Warrigal Creek as Gardner claimsand they certainly did not mention McMillan. Macalisters letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1843 and a search of Trove and the PROV websites reveal that this statement is incorrect. 0000024560 00000 n Food and drink refreshments will be offered (meat, vegetarian and gluten free options available). The validity of the will remains a problem. While we are not personally responsible we continue to live different experiences from these events; some of privilege, some of disadvantage, some unknowing. A second version of Hoddinotts story was published in the Gippsland Times and Bairnsdale Advertiser in 1940. Robinson was also attempting to do the same, although by a different route. 0000011274 00000 n Gardners work has hints of Marxist reductionism, where the Kurnai are portrayed as living in an Arcadian economy that was destroyed by the expansionary capitalism of the land-hungry squatters. Messrs. Pearson and Cunninghame have been the latest sufferers by those cannibals; it is not only the stock they kill we feel the loss of, but running the remainder off their runs, and the expense the proprietors are put to in collecting their cattle, and procuring guns and ammunition for everyone engaged in their employment.[22]. There exists little to no official documentation of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. 29 May 2018. He also stated: There are many persons congregated in Alberton, without any visible means of earning a livelihood, a parcel of the most lawless rogues. This included five in the Border Police, one of whom held a ticket-of-leave. xX[~`*E}KgnvqEd%$4?9h1s7KDE+>RT*;[(b The Balderstones house is just steps from a humble waterway where up to 150 Gunaikurnai people were mowed down, turning the water red with blood, A massacre map of the frontier wars interactive. They were feared by their tribal enemies for their ability to attack at nighta skill the Europeans were to encounter.[5]. They returned in triumph with flesh from the Kurnai they had killed. <>>> >> /ExtGState << /Gs2 23 0 R /Gs1 24 0 R >> /Font << /TT2 11 0 R /TT3 12 0 R Personally, it,s hard to know who to believe, such is my lack of confidence. NAIDOC Week 2019. Just before European settlement, the Kurnai raided as far as Brighton and Arthurs Seat on Port Phillip Baya distance of at least 120 kilometres as the crow fliesand they are believed to have wiped out about half of the Bunurong. Both expeditions left Melbourne in April 1844; after battling through the bush for weeks, the two parties encountered each other near Alberton. Nonetheless, it demonstrates that the early settlement of Gippsland was marked by violence involving the Kurnai, the settlers and convicts. [6=ViWy|4X$l`DvNk#F/W/kO>{Z_:/\ 'lrgQvFY+fGQ 4\y~QVG[\^aeiQ>mx2k |#R[?#5M. Voice.Treaty.Truth. In October that year, ninety-seven Kurnai warriors made a revenge raid into Bunurong territory. 0000003656 00000 n [35] This simplistic reductionism obscures the complexity of Gippslands early history, evident in his rejection of Robinsons observations on the escaped convicts. Peter Gardner deserves recognition for highlighting the reality of conflict in early Gippsland. An unexpected error occurred. << /Type /Page /Parent 3 0 R /Resources 6 0 R /Contents 4 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] [46] Gardner admonished Hoddinott, stating, in this account he failed to implicate McMillan as he had done 15 years earlierbut neither version implicated McMillan.[47]. I learned a lot I had not previously known, and am still thinking about. 0000115891 00000 n Within a period of two years, it appears that Gippsland became a haven for escapees. Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the Brigade from one camp to another. In a letter to the Age in August 1874, R.L. trailer I welcome you all to (insert place name). This announcement is all that I know, for a screening at Stratford,. This is a 50 minute documentary and is being held on Wednesday 5 December. 0000007199 00000 n [11] Sydney Morning Herald 6 September 1843, p.2, [13] Port Phillip Patriot 23 December 1841, p. 3, [15] Fels, Marie Hansen (2010) I Succeeded Once: The Aboriginal Protectorate on the Mornington Peninsula 1839-1840 , ANU E-Press, pp 249-271, [16] See also: George Henry Haydon (1846) Five Years Experience in Australia Felix pp151-152 (on-line edition), [17] Port Phillip Gazette 30 April 1845 p.2, [18] Gardner, P D (2005) The Myth of Tribal Warfare On-line essay, [20] Geelong Advertiser 5 August 1843, p.2, [21] Sydney Morning Herald 6 September 1843, p.2. [9], With an overland route opened by McMillan and a rudimentary settlement and port established on the Albert River at Port Albert, squatters began occupying the plains; by the end of 1844, the entire Gippsland squatting district had been occupied. Film Screening The Warrigal Creek Massacre This country has a hidden history that is not widely acknowledged. 0001000963 00000 n Can only find the trailer. There are two significant aspects to this story: Dunderdale specifically named Lachlan Macalister as the perpetrator and he added the caveat on the death toll. 0000003570 00000 n Robinsons comments are significant in that he was revealing that escaped convicts were responsible for mistreating the Kurnai. 0000033752 00000 n Gardner concludes that McMillan's group initially killed two family groups at Warrigal Creek waterhole and then a few days later killed another 60 people at the mouth of Warrigal Creek, then killing three other groups at Freshwater Creek, Gammon Creek, and Red Hill. Events.com has to offer. It beggars belief that it was accepted as a completely reliable historical source. Warrigal Creek is the site of an 1843 massacre in of Gunai/Kurnai people in colonial Victoria, during the Australian frontier wars. Events.com Browse is curated for you to find and attend events you love. The creek is on a farm 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Sale, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia. 0000116989 00000 n In July 1844 he wrote, I regret however to observe that the depredations of the Aborigines continue and that the small police force at my disposal is inadequate to put a stop to them. He went on to describe how the natives have been very troublesome, killing 90 head of cattle belonging to Mr Sparks, at various times, and many belonging to Mr Jones. An excellent and detailed correction of Gardner. Convicts were entitled to a daily ration of fresh meat, as were the military and the civilian authorities. Dunderdale states: Lachlan Macalister had a long experience in dealing with blackfellows and bushrangers; he had been a captain in the army and an officer of the border police. He stated: Mr. Ranold McAlister, nephew of the allegorical author, was dragged off his horse, and cruelly murdered, on the township of Alberton, his head being so totally disfigured that his countenance could not be recognised among even his most intimate friends, by these harmless, innocent denizens of the wild of Gipps Land . A documentary was made in 2018 and a federal electorate was renamed that year to remove the legacy of Angus McMillan, the alleged instigator, who is otherwise remembered as an explorer, squatter, MP and Protector of Aborigines. No wild beast of the forest was ever hunted down with such unsparing perseverance as they are. [55] The murder of Macalister may have marked a turning point in which the Europeans went on the offensive. The blacks were found encamped near a waterhole at Gammon Creek, and those who were shot were thrown into it, to the number, it was said, of about sixty, men, women, and children; but this was probably an exaggeration.[57]. "qd]^vc'OontVsl In July 1843 Angus McMillan and a group of his countrymen known as the Highland Brigade shot between 60 and 150 Gunaikurnai people in retribution for the murder of Ronald Macalister, the nephew of a wealthy pastoralist, Lachlan Macalister, who owned a local station called Nuntin. There were further reports of violence involving the Kurnai in April 1844 when the Sydney Morning Herald printed a letter from a Gippsland squatter: The blacks are still continuing their outragesburning huts, robbing peoples gardens, and slaughtering cattle by wholesale. Every day I look over and make sure things look peaceful there.. Gardner himself refers to Nuntin as the station established by McMillan for Macalister on western side of the Avon River in October 1840. Power your marketing strategy with perfectly branded videos to drive better ROI. [10], When the squatters began occupying Kurnai territory with their herds of sheep and cattle, conflict soon followed. I knew two blacks, who though wounded came out of the hole alive. Frustrated with the hidden history of the massacre, the makers of this 50-minute documentary sought oral histories and combed through archival works to capture and relay the truth of Australias violent past. This documentary was made by university journalism students and staff. First though, it is necessary to establish the circumstances that led to the European settlement of Gippsland and the resulting conflict with the indigenous Kurnai people, which is the root of the massacre story. [15]. These stories contain the earliest known account of a massacre as revenge for the death of Macalister. When Angus McMillian and the Highland Brigade rode through Gippsland in 1843, they aimed to murder as many Gunai Kurnai children, women and men as they could. These passages represent the sum total of Gardners evidence against McMillan (left), but he does not explain how the story implicates McMillan. Howitt noted that the Kurnai killed by the Europeans were mostly, though not all, fighting men of the tribe. They proposed a different name: Bunjileene-Purrine. According to Tyers, at least fifty Kurnai were killed by the Native Police and other Aborigines attached to the search parties. a federal electorate was renamed that year. Is there any aspect of our history that has now not been corrupted by the SJWs? Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. On the 13th ultimo, Mr. Ronald McAlister was removing his sheep station about two miles from the settlement, when he was attacked by the blacks and murdered; his body was found the following day by a native in his employ. endobj 0 Bells account is matter-of-fact and he did not name McMillan or any other person. [52] There could not have been a cover-up if human remains were still visible after their arrivals. [2] His work has indeed permeated academic and public discourse, but it contains many unproven assertions that undermine his main premise, that McMillan was responsible for the massacre. %PDF-1.5 Convicts under the control of the penal system in the Port Phillip District and elsewhere were notorious for their crimes against the Aborigines. The timing of this record is important because it was made after two of the three searches for a white woman allegedly held captive by the Kurnai. [1] Gardner, P. D. (1993) Gippsland Massacres (third edition) Ngarak Press, Ensay, Victoria, p. 66, [3] Howitt, A W (1880) The Kurnai: Their Customs in Peace and War in Fison, L. and Howitt, A W Kamilaroi and Kurnai Anthropological Publications, Oosterhout, facsimile edition, pp 227-29, [6] Morris, H. B. 12/02/2019. Hoddinott said that more than 100 Aboriginal people were killed on that day. 0000023940 00000 n [60] Dunderdales geography was correct and it is just possible he knew who he was referring to, given that he arrived in the district just twenty-six years after the event he describedwell within living memory. Rather than pursuing plaques or western versions of reconciliation, as Irving puts it, the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation and the Bunurong Land Council put their energies into changing the name of their local electorate, which was named after McMillan. Fri., 27 May 20225:00 pm 8:30 pm AEST, Siteworks Workroom 233 Saxon StreetBrunswick, VIC 3056. qgAHrgAX8]eAVi a"0Uc|sQ d$uIOrE&n2"c,%$qHFWpTWn>!bB):I\PhE17 [41] The conspiracy of secrecy is used to explain why Hoddinott probably with good reason, chose to remain anonymous, as the account implicated Angus McMillan as the leader of this murderous retaliation. Please try again. From 1839, Angus McMillan tried on numerous occasions to reach Corner Inlet from the Monaro District and finally succeeded in February 1841 when he reached the tidal bank of the Albert River. It was well-acknowledged and put on the register of the national estate around the time., The house was built 20 years after the massacre and stands just 20 metres from the site. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. 0001064425 00000 n new domain, Events.com. [23] Inwards correspondence Tyers to La Trobe 44/1367 p.5 PROV, [24] Port Phillip Gazette 21 May 1842, p.3, [25] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 45/324 PROV, [27] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 46/219 PROV, [28] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 44/2112, PROV; Port Phillip Patriot 12 August 1839, p.4, [29] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 44/1367, p.4, PROV, [30] Port Phillip Patriot 12 August 1839, p.4, [31] Gardner, P. D. (1994) Through Foreign Eyes, Ngarak Press, Ensay, p.45, [32]Gardner (1993) p.58; (1990) Our Murdering Founding Father, 2nd Edition, Ngarak Press, p.28, [33] The Guardian 6 March 2019; 8 March 2019; Gippsland Times 16 June 2020, [34] Gardner (1993) pp 6-7; (2015) Some Random Notes on Massacres 2000-2015 (on-line essay). 0000002765 00000 n She worries Australia is still not ready to listen. According to Dunderdale, Donald Macalister fired at some Kurnai without any provocation. This essay appears in Decembers Quadrant. I asked him if he was not afraid of meeting the Blacks, his reply was, Blks Sir no fear of them now they would run away as soon as they see a white man but there are not many left, he said he had a Brother who had been in Gippsland from the first his name was Bunton & kept a Public house in Gippsland by the Dirty Water Holes & a cattle station joining to Mr. McAllister who was killed, that after Mr. McAllisters murder great slaughter of the blacks took place and that on his brothers station a cart load of Blks bones might be gath.rd up [49]. 0000010708 00000 n The statistical discrepancies likely emerged because Macmillan's group killed Aboriginal people at five different locations in the area. Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. [7], Many histories of Gippsland have quaint notions of founding fathers, churches and shires, but the reality is that squatters occupied the region in order to capture a share of the filthy lucre of the Van Diemens Land convict economy. 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