This documentary tells the story of the Warrigal Creek massacre of 1843 in Gippsland, Victoria, where as many as 150 Gunai Kurnai children, women and . Thomas wrote that Meyrick, gave me a most awful statement of doings in Gippsland & tho he stated the utter impossibility of bringing forward valid evidence to convict in a court of law, yet the awful spectacle of human skeletons & pack[s] of bones & report[s] of doings within the last 3 yrs, shows that the Aborigines have been cut off in awful numbers, & the residue left almost totally destitute, in fact he said how they lived God only knew as they were driven to the Lakes & Lagoons where Europeans would not follow them, that the Maneiro Blks (encouraged he believed by the early Settlers) [had] been very instrumental with the Black Police of awfully thinning their numbers that the Awful Sacrifice of life after the Murder of Mr McAlister was awfully reckless & merciless [53]. /Im4 20 0 R /Im1 8 0 R >> >> 4 0 obj 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. [52] There could not have been a cover-up if human remains were still visible after their arrivals. Buntines Bruthen Creek run was several miles and several squatting runs to the west of Warrigal Creek. 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]. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. The stories were republished as The Book of the Bush in 1898. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. hb``0c`` `01$Q3(f`faPS``e` 0=!E Clq.~Jg` `d``A h! T*,2$i ,2N0p$ rOE2)Tde$2([X~O`E([HH|MrJSo ]V)cxN:*e%{ZXi8C -[Y1d-ZZ. He wrote a number of reports on the state of Gippsland to his superior, Charles La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. share events with your friends and make the most out of every experience. 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 . 0 In Chapter 4, he gives another rendition of the Gippslander story, stating the massacre was lead [sic] by McMillan. lizabeth 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. 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. 16 0 obj But I wish to look forward, unimpeded by SJWs. Sell more tickets through digital marketing. [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). The next day, while on horseback, he was speared through the neck from behind. 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. Balderstones daughter Alice Irving calls the site a powerful place. 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. I knew two blacks, who though wounded came out of the hole alive. His alleged role in the massacre is a construct entirely of Gardners own making, where he attached McMillans name to the Gippslander story without revealing this to his readers. 0001003043 00000 n 0000001936 00000 n 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]. 5|ya"R=:(O)Y?vM=u(f!ygaR@Dfx*qVhCqE CML@Ishk4 C&YE$A9M#~gyHN#,H^(eC:Z;o=ni!|"V?bx6c49Y+b FyELe_`GGWy&2SpKeQPZY4)OEe Warrigal Creek is the site of an 1843 massacre in of Gunai/Kurnai people in colonial Victoria, during the Australian frontier wars. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. It was, of course, impossible to identify any blackfellow concerned in the outrage, and therefore atonement must be made by the tribe. No reason was given for the murder. She worries Australia is still not ready to listen. [38], I knew two blacks who, though wounded, came out of that hole alive. Can only find the trailer. McMillans employer, Captain Lachlan Macalister, described the squatters as legally authorised occupiers of Crown lands. 2 0 obj [40] Gippslander (1925) Experiences with Gippsland blacks, The Gap, Education Department, Bairnsdale Inspectorate, Omeo, pp 5-6. Please call Drouin Library for more information 56 251564. Host virtual events and webinars to increase engagement and generate leads. 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. 0000115969 00000 n There exists little to no official documentation of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. qgAHrgAX8]eAVi a"0Uc|sQ d$uIOrE&n2"c,%$qHFWpTWn>!bB):I\PhE17 So far, this has been lacking. 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. <> In July 1843, a European named Ronald Macalister was killed by First Nations men near Port Albert, in Victoria. Gardner regards tribal warfare as a myth.[18]. @7k_|F_j}t'J'fu_}"Y5Xgx{ps:KQb#wOQ:/[]6Hy Launch date: Wednesday 4 AprilStratford Courthouse TheatreFree entry but bookings essentialRegister via Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2sTmWsCAbout the filmWhen 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.At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies.Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre.Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past.Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye.Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell.Supported by Swinburne University. 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 During this time he collected information for stories that were published in the magazine Austral Light. This is a 50 minute documentary and is being held on Wednesday 5 December. Could you help us please? Howitt noted that the Kurnai killed by the Europeans were mostly, though not all, fighting men of the tribe. It is free to attend this event, but bookings are essential. Personally, it,s hard to know who to believe, such is my lack of confidence. Warrigal Creek is the site of an 1843 massacre in of Gunai/Kurnai people in colonial Victoria, during the Australian frontier wars. new domain, Events.com. endobj 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]. Most importantly, it does not say whereif Hatchers account is reliable, he was clearly not speaking about Warrigal Creek. The manager of the Krowathunkooloong keeping place in Bairnsdale, Rob Hudson, agrees. 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. 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. Gardner himself refers to Nuntin as the station established by McMillan for Macalister on western side of the Avon River in October 1840. 0000001456 00000 n Please enable JavaScript to experience Vimeo in all of its glory. Following the murder, Lachlan Macalister wrote a letter to Governor Sir George Gipps via the Sydney Morning Herald in which he implicated the governor for the state of anarchy in Gippsland due to the lack of official protection. 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. 0000014051 00000 n 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. [17], This story was repeated in several of the colonial newspapers but there does not seem to have been any follow-up reports. Bookings free, but essential. [51] The latters wife, Lavinia, published a well-known account of their journey. Elizabeth Balderstone stands next to Warrigal Creek on her farm in Victoria the site of an 1843 massacre. Beyond this, the subject needs a complete reassessment and the instilling of some academic rigour. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the Brigade from one camp to another. 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. We are here to help! 0000023940 00000 n [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. Gardner is dismissive, claiming that Some parts of this account are definitely wrong on the basis that Dunderdale referred to Macalister of Nuntin. Is there any aspect of our history that has now not been corrupted by the SJWs? Use your same username and password to log in and you'll be But that creek, Warrigal, has seen unimaginable horrors. [2], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}374014S 1463957E / 37.67056S 146.66583E / -37.67056; 146.66583, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 01:43, List of massacres of Indigenous Australians, "Victoria's Deadly & Proud campaign remembers Indigenous victims of Warrigal Creek massacre in South Gippsland", "Living on a massacre site: home truths and trauma at Warrigal Creek", "Victoria to introduce Australia's first truth-telling process to address Indigenous injustices", "Victoria to establish truth and justice process as part of Aboriginal treaty process", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Warrigal_Creek_Massacre&oldid=1141638012, "The Settling of Gippsland - A Regional History", by Patrick Morgan, published by Gippsland Municipalities Association, Traralgon, 1997. They were feared by their tribal enemies for their ability to attack at nighta skill the Europeans were to encounter.[5]. Balderstones home was built 20 years after the massacre which happened just steps from the front door. 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). 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 . stream 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. Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. endobj y]\lt`(+WT5[y&Z}_~PbEH/XFN4Kz+Vb)44BQ?Zh*Y Eo4/xhJk 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 fiction about McMillan, his misquoting of source material, and his reliance on an unattributed, anonymous and generic story truly relegates his Warrigal Creek narrative to the realms of the apocryphal. This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the project's quality scale. His reports correlate with the newspaper accounts in describing the violent state of Gippsland. He calls them The McMillan Massacres. In July 1843, up to 150 Gunaikurnai people were killed near the banks of what is now known as Warrigal Creek. Facebook. HLWKf_e|~JD,@K&HSU}t?nO?7OWO?zW_/Vew}V53VfyKwVh{OM5{=+JUwPfQ}-nXY34lMXGz+{? 0000017382 00000 n Please try again. [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. 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.. Its part of our life and its not that I dont stop and think about it. [2] Some historians assert that the number of 60 is an exaggeration, despite the witness accounts. But we strive to be one people, equality of opportunity for all, no privilege by birth, truly one nation. Peter Gardner has written three books in which he asserts that Angus McMillan, The Butcher of Gippsland, was responsible for several massacres of Kurnai people. % [30] Escapees living outside the law would therefore have posed a dire threat to the Kurnai. Tyerss Convict Return for 1844 shows that convict labour was an integral part of the squatter economy. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the brigade from one camp to another. Balderstone and Irving hope that one day Australia fully recognises the extent of the massacres through a truth and reconciliation commission. 2023 Vimeo.com, Inc. All rights reserved. The themes in this page may cause distress. [23] To put this in context, crimes against livestock carried a heavy penalty. [59] McMillans Bushy Park run was on the eastern side of the Avon. They did not find any Bunurong so they ransacked a squatters station instead. 0000033752 00000 n xX[~`*E}KgnvqEd%$4?9h1s7KDE+>RT*;[(b Gardner claims his work is partly political and partly moralistic; he disdains objectivity and describes his politics as left. Many of the stock keepers were ticket-of-leave holders or assigned convict servants. LGMedia. This special screening is being hosted by the Healesville Local Aboriginal Network (LAN), Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA), Yarra . To secure your seat go to. Captain Charles Tyers RN arrived in Gippsland in January 1844 as the Commissioner for Crown Lands. [33] His work was cited widely in a motion to remove monuments to McMillan put before the Wellington Shire Council in June 2020. [11] The violent response from the Kurnai was the same as that meted out to their tribal enemies when defending their territory. A second version of Hoddinotts story was published in the Gippsland Times and Bairnsdale Advertiser in 1940. To date, there is nothing to suggest that it will include Angus McMillan leading the Charge of the Highland Brigade. We are yet to have a complete understanding of Gippsland in the 1840s. 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. >> 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. A Scottish colonist, called Angus McMillan, led a group of about 20 settlers who . 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. 0000020901 00000 n He recorded that there were fifty-five Prisoners of the Crown in Gippsland, nine of whom were in government service. 29 May 2018. They murdered, according to Gippslander, 150 at Warrigal Creek, which would make it one of the largest known massacres of Aborigines in Australian history.[36]. There were simple economic facts that led to this. [54] Meyrick arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to anything before that date. 0000010851 00000 n the Warrigal Creek massacre - possibly even a participant in it 10. One thing is clear from his work: the Kurnai men were warriors. According to Gardner, the Warrigal Creek massacre was revenge for his murder. 0000007199 00000 n 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 . )A?8yo]gNV2nj}cR2|#~M >A$M#~A^EQ ~Q{?pO0!&S7),}w4Wf+(L1Qd (wL~MdP{"&r'|2b7##lQ$*GJA]a8[B&DKv-vk@,#dD B79 j2zKD#,mgF(3dz_5W^LaJhs/QwFrqP{q[U}d In a letter to the Age in August 1874, R.L. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. Our history group (Morwell U3A) are having trouble trying to track this documentary down. <>>> Following the screening, VMIAC will facilitate a discussion about the film and its importance in understanding the effects of colonisation and inter-generational trauma and resilience for First Nations peoples. E lizabeth Balderstone leads a lifestyle that many city dwellers fantasise about, on a farm in Victoria's Gippsland, surrounded by friendly sheep, with a humble little creek just 60 metres from. endobj In the spirit of this year's NAIDOC theme Voice.Treaty.Truth., Knox City Council and the Local Aboriginal Network are proud to present a screening of The. The culture of secrecy surrounding the massacres was evident in Willy Hoddinotts account (as an anonymous Gippslander) published in the Gap magazine more than 80 years later: .css-cumn2r{height:1em;width:1.5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;}The brigade coming up to the blacks camped around the waterhole at Warrigal Creek surrounded them and fired into them, killing a great number, some escaped into the scrub, others jumped into the waterhole, and, as fast as they put their heads up for breath, they were shot until the water was red with blood. endobj { L{ c$Nb`6`4` ` DwG'g5A$Y&e&i 64*6Cs!k >/Filter/FlateDecode/Index[7 84]/Length 22/Size 91/Type/XRef/W[1 1 1]>>stream In other parts of the District, prior to my arrival, they had occasionally come into collision with the Settlersthe consequence of which was the murder of four shepherdsand as far as I can learn without any provocationthey have also committed, and are still committing, many depredations on the stock of the Settlerswhich from the nature of the country, and the known fact of their carrying on their depredations at night, it is difficult to prevent. 0000115891 00000 n 0000003570 00000 n 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. He was joined by detachments of the Border and Native Police. For them to do that and come up with a shared name was a major achievement. He was accompanied by George Henry Haydon, who published an account of their journey, which is also well known. [56] These accounts nonetheless provide evidence of the otherwise unrecorded conflict between the Europeans and the Kurnai at places such as Bruthen Creek. 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. [45] Hoddinotts tale thus appears to contain generic elements from the period. They travelled with Edward Hobson, who was attempting to find an overland route to Gippsland. 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. The other forty-six convicts were employed on the squatting runs. *OAQg( n}wWdcKuYl7nfTTYP0|8o6rlBUb[O>03v-Jg1]sng~f5!M .]e?n? 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. L4V n)p>WRMXBe*(ru)%]>9,ZUN \p ,_`s=L{5vs{Gw 2ngnBaz0&#Xk+_ q10 m At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies. <> While we are not personally responsible we continue to live different experiences from these events; some of privilege, some of disadvantage, some unknowing. I think the first thing for Gippsland is to acknowledge that it does have that history, like other places where bad things have happened, where massacres have occurred, where theres some acknowledgement of whats occurred instead of masking it, a Gurnaikurnai elder, Doris Paton, told the film-makers Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. 0000117691 00000 n 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. Rather, his involvement is presented as a fait accompli. Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. 2020, Cnr. 27 May - 3 June. 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. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. Messrs. 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