This was written two years after the murder of Macalister; stating that the slaughter took place after the murder does not necessarily mean that it took place because of the murder. 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. These stories contain the earliest known account of a massacre as revenge for the death of Macalister. Despite these obvious failings, a legion of dittographers in academia and the media have slavishly repeated and amplified this apocrypha without exposing its errors and falsehoods, or questioning its underlying assertions and lack of evidence. [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. [4] Howitts pioneering anthropological work is compelling reading and provides a suitable counter to many modern narratives. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. qgAHrgAX8]eAVi a"0Uc|sQ d$uIOrE&n2"c,%$qHFWpTWn>!bB):I\PhE17 Many people accept the massacre as a matter of fact, as a truism. Food and drink refreshments will be offered (meat, vegetarian and gluten free options available). [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. His words continue to have influence and have provided a convenient but misplaced source of outrageand how does the community benefit from having negative sentiments engendered on a false premise? 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. 0000002096 00000 n Elizabeth Balderstone leads a lifestyle that many city dwellers fantasise about, on a farm in Victorias Gippsland, surrounded by friendly sheep, with a humble little creek just 60 metres from her house. 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. 2023 Vimeo.com, Inc. All rights reserved. 0000014051 00000 n Word of the murder was sent to Lachlan Macalister. Men, women and children are shot whenever they can be met with I have protested against it at every station I have been in Gippsland, in the strongest language, but these things are kept very secret as the penalty would certainly be hanging. 29 May 2018. We are here to help! Gardner omitted a part of the quote that indicates Hatcher travelled to Gippsland with a man named Bennett. A Mr. Nelsons house was also attacked a few days before, and the blacks, after wounding a man in his employ, decamped with several articles of his property.[19]. 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. The themes in this page may cause distress. For them to do that and come up with a shared name was a major achievement. Gardners cover-up conspiracy theory thus rests on an obvious misrepresentation of Hatchers account. 0000017382 00000 n Within a period of two years, it appears that Gippsland became a haven for escapees. )A?8yo]gNV2nj}cR2|#~M >A$M#~A^EQ ~Q{?pO0!&S7),}w4Wf+(L1Qd (wL~MdP{"&r'|2b7##lQ$*GJA]a8[B&DKv-vk@,#dD B79 j2zKD#,mgF(3dz_5W^LaJhs/QwFrqP{q[U}d The attack on the Brataualung people camped at Warrigal Creek was one of several incidents resulting in loss of life among the Gunai Kurnai people. stream Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. An independent expedition from Melbourne to Corner Inlet in the barque Singapore in the same year led to the discovery of the mouths of the Albert and Tarra rivers. Bell stated: The historic pen of Victorian settlement would paint with truth the horrors of many a scene of Gipps Land life; it was in 1843 that the aggressions of the blacks were so frequent. 0000005571 00000 n 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. An unexpected error occurred. Gardner claimed in June 2020 that Meyrick gave a death toll of about 150 for Warrigal Creek, which he did not. The answer is in three parts. Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. A Scottish colonist, called Angus McMillan, led a group of about 20 settlers who . No reason was given for the murder. But we strive to be one people, equality of opportunity for all, no privilege by birth, truly one nation. It was, of course, impossible to identify any blackfellow concerned in the outrage, and therefore atonement must be made by the tribe. 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. The area of Nuntin is on the western side of the Avon and was shown in a survey map of 1857. Peter Gardner deserves recognition for highlighting the reality of conflict in early Gippsland. This included five in the Border Police, one of whom held a ticket-of-leave. His body was mutilated and stripped, and it was found the next day by an Aboriginal boy in his employment. [15]. x[Ys~W`R.$7nN$QI.%>pA>\83FOT]K!+qq{|$E hj]Qw >|nQ)jn'L-.~>>ze)/[B_=|?b1R2Kz~&>,g0cppJBw'YzDh/sZOfyfALsn/P%v=3jeVy~;>H"Oj4**@EBxT14:=l3\Es`eeJZT%L}nz`^Kgxh |[jXaxqGw"0'JH-i`L>_n#&,6IvGr:hu'j^xsFo}\vfuklR4f/eK-fig;)pE?itkoe~x-gd}Y~N0f=)` s[/wE\|(u2|Jvp:n According to Gardner, the Warrigal Creek massacre was revenge for his murder. Some basic research puts Hatchers account into context. bHn=Y,8M*[+GwXfi1^yn}vSuvA@pN. The Warrigal Creek Massacre, a documentary exploring the history of colonisation in Gippsland in the 1800s, is screening at the Memo in Healesville on Wednesday 27 February at 6:45pm. This letter indicates that the Kurnai were still harrying the squatters the year after the massacre is believed to have occurredthere was conflict with the Kurnai before and after the murder of Macalister. Gardners reliability can best be judged by his rewriting of an inter-tribal massacre at Tambo Crossing. [40] Otherwise, he has no involvement in the story. There is now a documentary on the Warrigal Creek Massacre, near Woodside, north of Yarram. [6=ViWy|4X$l`DvNk#F/W/kO>{Z_:/\ 'lrgQvFY+fGQ 4\y~QVG[\^aeiQ>mx2k |#R[?#5M. Beyond this, the subject needs a complete reassessment and the instilling of some academic rigour. 1 0 obj It is free to attend this event, but bookings are essential. Searching for information on frontier conflict in old newspapers (film or hard copy) was the proverbial "needle in a haystack" task - time consuming and exhausting with few . The Warrigal Creek Massacre - the documentary There have now been two packed-out screenings of this documentary at Stratford. [17], This story was repeated in several of the colonial newspapers but there does not seem to have been any follow-up reports. 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. >> [11] The violent response from the Kurnai was the same as that meted out to their tribal enemies when defending their territory. 0001003043 00000 n Establishing this will entail the evaluation of all historical themes and not rejecting or ignoring evidence because it does not fit a preconceived narrative. But that creek, Warrigal, has seen unimaginable horrors. 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]. 3 0 obj The squatters were no doubt imbued with the belief that they had the right to do so on the authority of the British Crown, which claimed sovereignty over the entire continent. There exists little to no official documentation of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. [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. Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past. This documentary was made by university journalism students and staff. 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. 0000117691 00000 n Around 60 Indigenous Australians were killed, and many more were wounded. 0000033752 00000 n Gardners method in telling the story is to first present the massacre and McMillans involvement as matters of fact. A trip to Gipps Land in April 1843 The Courier 23 June 1843, p.4, [8] Caldow, W (2012) Gippsland and the Van Diemens Land Livestock Trade: The Log of the Dew Drop 1847-49, The Great Circle, Vol 34, No. 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. 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. [33] His work was cited widely in a motion to remove monuments to McMillan put before the Wellington Shire Council in June 2020. 0000010708 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. 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. [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. Second, Hatcher arrived in Gippsland several months after Tyers, so it was just a tad late to be a cover-up. Gardner regards tribal warfare as a myth.[18]. 0000118101 00000 n In my research for Bitter Harvest, I could find no reference, in original sources, to The Highland Brigade, established, according to the Gardner version of history, to seek out and exterminate blacks. News; Warrigal Creek doco at the Memo. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. y]\lt`(+WT5[y&Z}_~PbEH/XFN4Kz+Vb)44BQ?Zh*Y Eo4/xhJk The La Trobe Journal, 86, 23-36. As Bell indicates the early 1840s certainly were . We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work. 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. [citation needed] The group of Gaelic-speaking Scotsmen was known as the "Highland Brigade". He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the brigade from one camp to another. The return did not include ex-convicts.[28]. [51] The latters wife, Lavinia, published a well-known account of their journey. Gary Foley's Koori History Website http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/indexb.html Kevin Gilbert, Because a . Like Dunderdale and Thomas, he did not mention a mythical Highland Brigade and he was clearly not constrained by Gardners imaginary secrecy. Shepherds worked in pairs, armed, as if in an enemys country, to resist them; and it was 1843 that ended by wholesale destruction, the massacres at Warrigal Creek and Bundalaguah Swamp, where only one aboriginal was left to tell the story of how they died and the history of his race.[61]. Please try again. Could you help us please? If you would like to participate, visit the project page. If the problem persists contact Customer Support. [54] Meyrick arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to anything before that date. 0000024533 00000 n endobj from 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]. Many Bunurong joined the police and used the guise of their role to extract vengeance on the Kurnai. The reference to Bundalaguah Swamp has previously escaped notice. ?6m-^a_DD/UJ[ Events.com Browse is curated to help you find and attend events you love. 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. 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. The official reports from Tyers to La Trobe from 1844 to 1845 thus describe the situation in Gippsland where the settlers were being attacked by the Kurnai and their stock was being killed. 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. In March 1840, twenty Bunurong men from Westernport escaped the supervision of Assistant Protector William Thomas to undertake a raid into Gippsland. He was accompanied by George Henry Haydon, who published an account of their journey, which is also well known. Macalister stated that escaped convicts were committing the most revolting crimes the calendar can namesuch as murder, rape, robbery, forgeries, cattle-stealing, and last, though not least, sly grog-selling, the root of all crime. It is about the importance of truth- telling. Intertribal warfare was endemic in the region with raid and counter raid where men, women and children were slaughtered as they slept, and then eaten. Home News Warrigal Creek doco at the Memo. Required fields are marked *. <> 'Conspiracy of silence': how sabotaged inquiries fed massacre denials, Telling the truth about Australia's past will be painful but it will be liberating | Karen Mundine and Richard Weston, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Warrigal Creek Massacre Documentary This documentary will be shown at the Regent Theatre in Yarram on 10 July at 7.30pm during Naidoc Week. [22] Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 1844, p. 4; the article appears to have Lachlan Macalisters turn of phrase. Runaways from the settlers, and others have located themselves in some vacated huts on the Tara River, rendering it dangerous for passengers to approach this neighbourhood Your Excellency cannot for the sake of humanity, good government, well-being, and the safety of this district, much longer withhold from us the protection of those laws which we have a right to demand at your Excellencys hands [21]. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the 'brigade' from one camp to another.". Oh how I wished I had written down the stories my grandmother used to regale us with. I ill not believe anything about aboriginal history that does not have the Indigenous Seal of Approval by the Bruce Pascoe Ministry of Truth. 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. 0000020971 00000 n Gunaikurnai people continue to visit the land to pay their respects. Their submission was denied; McMillan was renamed the Monash electorate instead. 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). I knew two blacks, who though wounded came out of the hole alive. Happy New Year to all. Third, Gardners narrative is constructed around a story written for schoolchildren in 1925, a story that could at best be considered as folk history. This was the cause of great enmity among the surviving Bunurong. %PDF-1.3 One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. We wish to pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. He wrote a number of reports on the state of Gippsland to his superior, Charles La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. Over there, thats where the whitefellas killed our old fellas., The Gurnaikurnai artist Steaphan Paton says the monuments to McMillan one calls him Gippslands discoverer should be removed: They belong in a museum, they dont belong on our land.. [59] McMillans Bushy Park run was on the eastern side of the Avon. % << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> 0000003041 00000 n 0000023940 00000 n The theme for Reconciliation Week 2018 is 'Don't keep history a mystery' Learn - Share - Grow. Peter Gardner[1]. Create events for free. [10], When the squatters began occupying Kurnai territory with their herds of sheep and cattle, conflict soon followed. 0000001766 00000 n Purchase tickets, This mass murder was committed by early colonists Angus McMillan and the Highland Brigade. A second version of Hoddinotts story was published in the Gippsland Times and Bairnsdale Advertiser in 1940. Massacre [ edit] 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. Robinsons comments are significant in that he was revealing that escaped convicts were responsible for mistreating the Kurnai. 0000001936 00000 n [12] The first reported attack on the squatters came in 1841 when, it was said, 600 Kurnai attacked Macalisters run. Gardner accepted Hoddinotts Gippslander story literally and uncritically, stating that it is completely reliable due to its vividness and detail. endstream 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. 0000020901 00000 n 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. The Kurnai people were the indigenous inhabitants of Gippsland when the first Europeans arrived. 0000116300 00000 n 0000020785 00000 n He recorded that there were fifty-five Prisoners of the Crown in Gippsland, nine of whom were in government service. [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]. Probably even as a child I just sensed something its a really spiritual place, she says. In the spirit of this year's NAIDOC theme Voice.Treaty.Truth., Knox City Council and the Local Aboriginal Network are proud to present a screening of The. LGMedia. Continue here for the tools you already love, but be sure to explore everything else 2, pp.20-21, [9] Cox, Kenneth (1973) Angus McMillan: Pathfinder, Published by the author. My late husbands family had owned the property since the late 1880s and my father-in-law was a very passionate historian, she says. Your email address will not be published. In his first notes [in the 1970s], he talks about the massacre and, from the beginning of my time here, no one ever kept a blanket over the story. The newspapers and Charles Tyerss reports indicate that attacks by the Kurnai continued in 1844 and 1845; they did not end at Warrigal Creek in 1843. 0000885516 00000 n 0000003570 00000 n 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. Launch date: Wednesday 4 AprilStratford Courthouse TheatreFree entry but bookings essentialRegister via Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2sTmWsCAbout the filmWhen An. Macalisters letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1843 and a search of Trove and the PROV websites reveal that this statement is incorrect. This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the project's quality scale. The historical record of this conflict up to 1843 is sparse and consists of just a few newspaper reports. The Author at Warrigal Creek 2016. Film Screening The Warrigal Creek Massacre This country has a hidden history that is not widely acknowledged. 0000016727 00000 n 0000116911 00000 n [44] The word colourful may have been more appropriate. [13], The squatting runs were large tracts of unfenced landMacalister had 100 square mileswhere livestock was left in charge of shepherds and hut keepers whose job it was to tend the livestock and prevent it from straying. Don't miss the first Melbourne screening of an important new film, The Warrigal Creek Massacre, by former @Swinburne staff Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye and assisted by current and former Swinburne. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. Personally, it,s hard to know who to believe, such is my lack of confidence. @7k_|F_j}t'J'fu_}"Y5Xgx{ps:KQb#wOQ:/[]6Hy In Through Foreign Eyes, Gardner quoted the journal of William Thomas, the Assistant Protector of Aborigines. 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