0000000016 00000 n [37] Again, no proof is offered. <> Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group members Marg Lynn and Florence Hydon say they have been left completely unsatisfied: Stage one was getting rid of McMillan, of course, but stage two was totally frustrating.. Their territory extended along the coast from Cape Liptrap in the west to Point Hicks in the east, and inland to the Great Dividing Range in the north. But I wish to look forward, unimpeded by SJWs. stream The men were easy prey for the Kurnai and by mid-1843, four had been murdered. [8], Michael Connor: The Massacre Maps shoddy research, In order to export livestock, the squatters needed a port and grazing land in Gippsland, as it was the closest part of the mainland to Van Diemens Land. Gardner accepted Hoddinotts Gippslander story literally and uncritically, stating that it is completely reliable due to its vividness and detail. This mass murder was committed by early colonists Angus McMillan and the Highland Brigade. 12 0001021671 00000 n He recorded that there were fifty-five Prisoners of the Crown in Gippsland, nine of whom were in government service. Home; News; Entertainment; Sport; Galleries; Competitions; . An excellent and detailed correction of Gardner. This included five in the Border Police, one of whom held a ticket-of-leave. The stories were republished as The Book of the Bush in 1898. 0000117691 00000 n ktp33#`r[vhJ hR,t%434qrZQ7z startxref hbbbd`b`` K [citation needed] The group of Gaelic-speaking Scotsmen was known as the "Highland Brigade". Balderstones home was built 20 years after the massacre which happened just steps from the front door. Could you help us please? While the murder was well documented in contemporary newspaper accounts, the reports also indicate that by mid-1843, Gippsland was in a state of disarray. 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. The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal? Peter Gardner[1]. Still from the Warrigal Creek Documentary produced by Swinburne University Introduction On 30 December 2020 Quadrant published an article entitled "The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal?" by Wayne Caldow1, which was a general attack on my work and in particular on the Warrigal Creek massacre. 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. 5 0 obj Balderstones daughter Alice Irving calls the site a powerful place. It beggars belief that it was accepted as a completely reliable historical source. Gardner claimsincorrectlythat Thomas was aware of the circumstances of the Warrigal Creek massacre, as he had recorded the details of it on two separate occasions. Hatcher appears to suggest that there was a massacre at Bruthen Creek; Gardner has either ignored or failed to grasp this to make the account fit his Warrigal Creek narrative. Gardner is dismissive, claiming that Some parts of this account are definitely wrong on the basis that Dunderdale referred to Macalister of Nuntin. This changed with the arrival of Tyers, who told La Trobe: The run-away Convicts, and other bad characters with which the District was infested a few months ago have, I believe been nearly all driven out by the system of surveillance pursued by the Border Police, acting under my instructions.[29]. The Scottish colonist and pastoralist, Angus McMillan, led a group of around 20 colonists to attack and kill several groups of Aboriginal people across a number of days. endobj Many Bunurong joined the police and used the guise of their role to extract vengeance on the Kurnai. 2 0 obj This documentary captures a story from Victoria, however there were similar stories as the waves of colonisation swept across the country. % We were hearing the stories all the time, especially when we were near the places or going past somewhere, my mum would always say, Over that way. Shed point the finger and say, Dont go that way. [16] The Port Phillip Gazette reported in April 1845: A report has been current that a whole tribe of blacks has been extirpated in the Gipps Land country, by the Western Port or Port Phillip blacks, led on by several of the Mounted Black Police; we understand that an investigation is now going on, and we may add it is one of the most extraordinary affairs we have yet heard about. The other was a little older; he made his escape up the creek by swimming and diving. [54] Meyrick arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to anything before that date. Third, Gardners narrative is constructed around a story written for schoolchildren in 1925, a story that could at best be considered as folk history. Emotional articles in the Guardian in 2019 parroted the denunciation of McMillan, as did the Gippsland Times in June 2020. [6], In contrast, there is an implicit assumption in Gardners work that the Kurnai were passive victims of European violence, but this does not do them justice. 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]. [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. For them to do that and come up with a shared name was a major achievement. This provides a contrast to Gardners analysis, which is based largely on a story from a schoolchildrens magazine from 1925. This 50-minute documentary directed by Lisa Gye and Andrew Dodd examines a day in 1843 when 150 Indigenous men, women and children were slaughtered on the banks of what is now Warrigal Creek in Gippsland. 0000015443 00000 n At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies. My late husbands family had owned the property since the late 1880s and my father-in-law was a very passionate historian, she says. If a historical narrative is to be used as the basis for debate or action in the public sphere, it should be grounded in non-partisan, objective research and analysis. Gardners method in telling the story is to first present the massacre and McMillans involvement as matters of fact. The Warrigal Creek Massacre is a 50-minute documentary, a passion project produced on a shoe-string budget, which looks unflinchingly at a horrifying episode of Victorian history - one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing of Indigenous Australians in the early colonies. 0000008955 00000 n HLWKf_e|~JD,@K&HSU}t?nO?7OWO?zW_/Vew}V53VfyKwVh{OM5{=+JUwPfQ}-nXY34lMXGz+{? There exists little to no official documentation of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. And forward if you like. [38], I knew two blacks who, though wounded, came out of that hole alive. The Gippslander account mentions the Highland Brigade and a death toll of 100 to 150, but McMillans involvement, Scotsmen, the swearing to God and the Queen, and secrecy, are entirely Gardners creation. Oh how I wished I had written down the stories my grandmother used to regale us with. It may be student work out of Swinburne. From 1840, increased numbers of convicts were sent to Van Diemens Land after the cessation of transportation to New South Wales. The answer is in three parts. << /Length 17 0 R /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 293 /Height 146 /Interpolate new domain, Events.com. share events with your friends and make the most out of every experience. [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. Establishing the factual basis of this will require in-depth research to uncover any written evidence before Bells account from 1874, as well as archaeological evidence at locations such as Bruthen Creek and Bundalaguah Swamp. Viki Sinclair, another member of the group who is descended from a member of McMillans Highland Brigade, says: Its the first time around here that the Aboriginal groups came across with groups like ours to work on something like this and it was something important to tackle and do together. But we strive to be one people, equality of opportunity for all, no privilege by birth, truly one nation. 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]. 0000003041 00000 n Gary Foley's Koori History Website http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/indexb.html Kevin Gilbert, Because a . An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. The current awareness of the Warrigal Creek massacre stems largely from the writing of the self-published historian Peter Gardner, who contends that his work represents currently accepted history. Bookings free, but essential. Nous et nos partenaires utilisons des cookies et des outils similaires afin d'assurer le bon fonctionnement de nos services, d'amliorer la fonctionnalit de notre site Web, de comprendre comment les visiteurs utilisent nos services afin que nous puissions amliorer nos performances, et des fins . He also claimed this appeared to be part of a cover-up due to the arrival of Tyers or Robinson. Nonetheless, it demonstrates that the early settlement of Gippsland was marked by violence involving the Kurnai, the settlers and convicts. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work. [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. Macalisters letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1843 and a search of Trove and the PROV websites reveal that this statement is incorrect. Gardner omitted a part of the quote that indicates Hatcher travelled to Gippsland with a man named Bennett. I learned a lot I had not previously known, and am still thinking about. << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R The Chief Protector of Aborigines, George Augustus Robinson (right), noted that the settlers were not the only ones to suffer from the convicts: There is however reason to fear that before the arrival of the Commissioner a large amount of mischief had been inflicted upon the original Inhabitants by the lawless and depraved who had infested the port from Van Diemens Land and the Middle Districts [present-day New South Wales] and that the instance recorded (if reports be true) is not the only one in which the Blacks have suffered. Presumably he had reasons for both, but he did not say why and he did not reveal the source of his information. 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. hb``0c`` `01$Q3(f`faPS``e` 0=!E Clq.~Jg` `d``A h! 2020, Cnr. e8 m-T>6R'WrqPWUVe)0'Yn1UF]2|SOWS)^h|6xy. Gardner says this was almost certainly McMillan of Nuntin and that Dunderdale was mistaken as the person he was most likely referring to was McMillan of Bushy Park. According to Tyers, at least fifty Kurnai were killed by the Native Police and other Aborigines attached to the search parties. 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. Required fields are marked *. [52] There could not have been a cover-up if human remains were still visible after their arrivals. In Through Foreign Eyes, Gardner quoted the journal of William Thomas, the Assistant Protector of Aborigines. Among the most shocking is the Jack Smith massacre (Warrigal Creek, Victoria) in 1843, where about 150-170 Brataualang people were killed over 5 days in retaliation for the killing of one single personRonald Macalister, the nephew of a local squatter. Their prior absence from the discourse may indicate the level of research in this area. <<6C2049F009130640B9B98E7F057F832E>]/Prev 1164416/XRefStm 1766>> It also suggests that the squatters were unprepared for the resistance they faced. Gardner prefaced the following quote from Gippslander stating that after the murder of Macalister, An avenging party set out under the leadership of Angus McMillan , The brigade coming up to the blacks camped around the waterhole at Warrigal Creek surrounded them and fired into them, killing a great number, some escaped into the scrub, others jumped into the waterhole, and, as fast as they put their heads up for a breath, they were shot until the water was red with blood. The Commissariat let annual tenders for the supply of fresh meat and other staples. >> Chapters 6 and 7 of Gippsland Massacres retell the story. If the problem persists contact Customer Support. 0000033752 00000 n [6=ViWy|4X$l`DvNk#F/W/kO>{Z_:/\ 'lrgQvFY+fGQ 4\y~QVG[\^aeiQ>mx2k |#R[?#5M. Bookings free, but essential. The Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network is hosting a screening of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. [22] Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 1844, p. 4; the article appears to have Lachlan Macalisters turn of phrase. His body was mutilated and stripped, and it was found the next day by an Aboriginal boy in his employment. Sell more tickets through digital marketing. 91 58 0000116524 00000 n He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the Brigade from one camp to another. There were simple economic facts that led to this. bHn=Y,8M*[+GwXfi1^yn}vSuvA@pN. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. Perhaps the most revealing example of Gardners influence is Cal Flynns Thicker Than Water, in which McMillan is denounced by his own descendant. Many people accept the massacre as a matter of fact, as a truism. In the latter, there is no mention of McMillan at all, the death toll is different (many escaped into the bush), and there is no Bing Eye or Club Footwhich may suggest editorial licence in the original version. 91 0 obj <> endobj Events.com has to offer. A European convicted of cattle stealing in the Port Phillip District faced the penalty of transportation for fifteen years; in Van Diemens Land, it was for life.[24]. Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past. This essay appears in Decembers Quadrant. [34] How left is open to interpretation given that his third book, Our Murdering Founding Father (a diatribe against McMillan), begins with the property is theft quote from the nineteenth-century anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. However, he has not included a much earlier reference to the massacre. McMillan is mentioned once by Gippslander, where he is supposed to have caught Macalisters horse on the road to Sale (which did not exist then). [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. 0000020785 00000 n 0000024998 00000 n 0000116989 00000 n Robinsons comments are significant in that he was revealing that escaped convicts were responsible for mistreating the Kurnai. [51] The latters wife, Lavinia, published a well-known account of their journey. He was shot through the foot and was so injured that he was called Club Foot.[39]. Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. No wild beast of the forest was ever hunted down with such unsparing perseverance as they are. There is now a documentary on the Warrigal Creek Massacre, near Woodside, north of Yarram. [48] Thomas (right) recorded a conversation with a man named Hatcher who Gardner believes was the brother-in-law of a Gippsland squatter named Buntine. The Van Diemens Land convict economy provided the economic motives for the European settlement of Gippsland, which in turn led to conflict with the Kurnai. In an essay on Gippsland from April 1843, Henry Bebb Morris described a mock fight between six Kurnai men using spears, boomerangs and waddies: they are small men, and when in repose would not be remarked for beauty or figure, but under the excitement of the fight they put every muscle into motion, and threw themselves into attitudes which would have graced a Grecian warrior. I have seen somewhere that this version of the. Gardner cites this version to confirm that Gippslander was in fact Hoddinott but he does not mention that the two versions contain a number of significant differences. The Warrigal Creek Massacre, a documentary exploring the history of colonisation in Gippsland in the 1800s, is screening at the Memo in Healesville on Wednesday 27 February at 6:45pm. It was, of course, impossible to identify any blackfellow concerned in the outrage, and therefore atonement must be made by the tribe. Part III: Other Versions of the Massacre Story. The creek is on a farm 40 kilometres south of Sale, and 200 kilometres east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia. The murder of his nephew gave him both a professional and a family interest in chastising the criminals, and he soon organised a party to look for them. 0000012931 00000 n 0000021061 00000 n In the revised edition of Gippsland Massacres, Gardner reinvented the account, claiming the bones were carried away from the [Warrigal] Creek by the cartload. 0000017382 00000 n Tyerss Convict Return for 1844 shows that convict labour was an integral part of the squatter economy. [citation needed], A witness, Willy Hoddinott, wrote the following in 1925:[3], "The brigade coming up to the blacks camped around the Waterhole at Warrigal Creek surrounded them and fired into them, killing a great number, some escaped into the scrub, others jumped into the waterhole, and, as fast as they put their heads up for breath, they were shot until the water was red with blood. This National Reconciliation week, reflect on the hidden history of the 1843 massacre of the Gurnaikurnai people at Warrigal Creek. The murder of Ranald Macalister may have been the pretext for an attack on the Kurnai at Warrigal Creek or Gammon Creek but this is not borne out by the contemporary historical record. This account is much closer in time to what may have happened at Warrigal Creek but Bell did not reveal how he knew of the massacres. Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past. Film Screening The Warrigal Creek Massacre This country has a hidden history that is not widely acknowledged. The newspapers indicate that the murder was not an isolated event and occurred within a wider context of anarchy and violence involving the Kurnai and the convicts. 0000002096 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. 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 [44] The word colourful may have been more appropriate. ]V)cxN:*e%{ZXi8C -[Y1d-ZZ. The story was written anonymously for a magazine for primary school children eighty-two years after the incident described, without attribution, and by someone who was not there. endobj 0001000963 00000 n Light refreshments will be available. I sometimes feel scared that there seems to be such an ugly resistance to understanding our past, she says. 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. This implied that the other four police were assigned servants, or white slaves, as John Pascoe Fawkner, the editor of the Port Phillip Patriot and a fierce critic of the convict system, called them. The statistical discrepancies likely emerged because Macmillan's group killed Aboriginal people at five different locations in the area. 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