Gardner, Peter, 'The Warrigal Creek massacre', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, pp. 0000000016 00000 n [32] Gardners work has been influential and generally unquestioned. Bookings free, but essential. 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 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. 0000001936 00000 n Please call Drouin Library for more information 56 251564. According to Dunderdale, Donald Macalister fired at some Kurnai without any provocation. %%EOF 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 . 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. This article has been rated as Low-importance on the . [17], This story was repeated in several of the colonial newspapers but there does not seem to have been any follow-up reports. [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. There is now a documentary on the Warrigal Creek Massacre, near Woodside, north of Yarram. You can still browse your favorite events on our [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. Your email address will not be published. It beggars belief that it was accepted as a completely reliable historical source. However, he has not included a much earlier reference to the massacre. This documentary captures a story from Victoria, however there were similar stories as the waves of colonisation swept across the country. ?6m-^a_DD/UJ[ He has attached his own assertions to his source material without distinguishing between them, and these assertions are made without proof or explanation. In Chapter 4, he gives another rendition of the Gippslander story, stating the massacre was lead [sic] by McMillan. /TT4 13 0 R /TT6 15 0 R /TT1 10 0 R >> /XObject << /Im2 16 0 R /Im3 18 0 R [10], When the squatters began occupying Kurnai territory with their herds of sheep and cattle, conflict soon followed. To those who came by jet plane yesterday. Truth-telling about the wrongs of the past is necessary for reconciliation. Happy New Year to all. Convicts were entitled to a daily ration of fresh meat, as were the military and the civilian authorities. 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.. Gardner himself refers to Nuntin as the station established by McMillan for Macalister on western side of the Avon River in October 1840. Historian Peter Gardner, in a review of all accounts of the massacre, wrote that MacMillan and the Highland Brigade aimed to wipe out all the Aboriginal people in the area. Second, Hatcher arrived in Gippsland several months after Tyers, so it was just a tad late to be a cover-up. The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal? In October that year, ninety-seven Kurnai warriors made a revenge raid into Bunurong territory. [12] The first reported attack on the squatters came in 1841 when, it was said, 600 Kurnai attacked Macalisters run. In Through Foreign Eyes, Gardner quoted the journal of William Thomas, the Assistant Protector of Aborigines. 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. According to Gardner, the Warrigal Creek massacre was revenge for his murder. 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. They proposed a different name: Bunjileene-Purrine. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. 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. Every day I look over and make sure things look peaceful there.. Host virtual events and webinars to increase engagement and generate leads. [52] There could not have been a cover-up if human remains were still visible after their arrivals. 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. Gardners cover-up conspiracy theory thus rests on an obvious misrepresentation of Hatchers account. 27 May - 3 June. 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. [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. 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. 2 0 obj Gardner claimed in June 2020 that Meyrick gave a death toll of about 150 for Warrigal Creek, which he did not. Gunaikurnai people continue to visit the land to pay their respects. <<6C2049F009130640B9B98E7F057F832E>]/Prev 1164416/XRefStm 1766>> There exists little to no official documentation of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. We are here to help! Presumably he had reasons for both, but he did not say why and he did not reveal the source of his information. GLaWAC has been given permission to screen the Warrigal Creek Massacre film at our office at Forestec. The reference to Bundalaguah Swamp has previously escaped notice. Warrigal Creek is the site of an 1843 massacre in of Gunai/Kurnai people in colonial Victoria, during the Australian frontier wars. % trailer 2020, Cnr. Ranald Macalister was the nephew of Lachlan Macalister and the fifth European to be murdered by the Kurnai. 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. He was afterwards adopted by one of the party and called Bing Eye. The Warrigal Creek Massacre - the documentary There have now been two packed-out screenings of this documentary at Stratford. 29 May 2018. 0000115891 00000 n Warrigal Creek Massacre: A Truth-telling Documentary. He was joined by detachments of the Border and Native Police. 4751, June, 1980. In a letter to his family in England dated April 1846, the Gippsland squatter Henry Meyrick said: .css-cumn2r{height:1em;width:1.5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;}The blacks are very quiet here now, poor wretches. 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? Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. The stories were republished as The Book of the Bush in 1898. Probably even as a child I just sensed something its a really spiritual place, she says. 2 0 obj Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past. { 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 Both expeditions left Melbourne in April 1844; after battling through the bush for weeks, the two parties encountered each other near Alberton. 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. These stories contain the earliest known account of a massacre as revenge for the death of Macalister. 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. [35] This simplistic reductionism obscures the complexity of Gippslands early history, evident in his rejection of Robinsons observations on the escaped convicts. They will be immediately recommended to interested users. An unexpected error occurred. Here are some resources for further research. searching events in no time. There were simple economic facts that led to this. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. 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]. 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. In Chapter 1 of Gippsland Massacres, he states: There was a brigade formed by McMillan, which according to Gippslander, was called the Highland Brigade, and mainly consisted of Scotsmen who swore before God and their Queen not to inform on their fellow desperados, and to maintain complete secrecy of the affair in which they were about to participate. ~]}.>xxs6s;^^`MjEa 5oA/P;uv!MU~86>>iBTju?#Ghnudlnr\;u?pIyo%# if+;J6fLA,4lMMhn]Zrg b_tr>b$3]wG4?mdw # 7Lw/_Mx+47nY;N9Uvs1;. 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]. 4 0 obj 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. People need to feel that their voices and stories are heard and we need to listen with humility because theres not just emotional hurt there, but also terrible physical pain, Irving says. 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. 0000010708 00000 n We wish to pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. xref Gardners reliability can best be judged by his rewriting of an inter-tribal massacre at Tambo Crossing. 12 [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]. 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 Events.com Browse is curated to help you find and attend events you love. >> /ExtGState << /Gs2 23 0 R /Gs1 24 0 R >> /Font << /TT2 11 0 R /TT3 12 0 R It was, of course, impossible to identify any blackfellow concerned in the outrage, and therefore atonement must be made by the tribe. This included five in the Border Police, one of whom held a ticket-of-leave. 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. [11] The violent response from the Kurnai was the same as that meted out to their tribal enemies when defending their territory. The Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network is hosting a screening of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. Elizabeth Balderstone stands next to Warrigal Creek on her farm in Victoria the site of an 1843 massacre. According to Gardner, the Warrigal Creek massacre was revenge for his murder. 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. [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. Most importantly, it does not say whereif Hatchers account is reliable, he was clearly not speaking about Warrigal Creek. 0001064309 00000 n If you would like to participate, visit the project page. 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. Thats not to say they dont exist, but if you have knowledge of such I would be grateful to know it. [44] The word colourful may have been more appropriate. Launch date: Wednesday 4 AprilStratford Courthouse TheatreFree entry but bookings essentialRegister via Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2sTmWsCAbout the filmWhen An. 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. Gardner is dismissive, claiming that Some parts of this account are definitely wrong on the basis that Dunderdale referred to Macalister of Nuntin. 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. Please try again. 0000011274 00000 n The history of early Gippsland will invariably include many intersecting and conflicting narratives. 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. hb``0c`` `01$Q3(f`faPS``e` 0=!E Clq.~Jg` `d``A h! [23] To put this in context, crimes against livestock carried a heavy penalty. 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. Many Bunurong joined the police and used the guise of their role to extract vengeance on the Kurnai. However, Thomas, Hatcher and Meyrick did not mention Warrigal Creek as Gardner claimsand they certainly did not mention McMillan. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. [50] This raises two issues: first, this is a fallacious misuse of the material; Hatcher said the bones might be gathered uphis might be has transmogrified into Gardners were. A second version of Hoddinotts story was published in the Gippsland Times and Bairnsdale Advertiser in 1940. [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. 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. He recorded that there were fifty-five Prisoners of the Crown in Gippsland, nine of whom were in government service. 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 . 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. 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. Macalisters letter to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1843 and a search of Trove and the PROV websites reveal that this statement is incorrect. from Gunaikurnai people have visited the land for years to pay their respects, giving Balderstone some understanding of the pain and intergenerational trauma they still experience. This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 01:43. The answer is in three parts. Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. Events.com Browse is curated for you to find and attend events you love. 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. In July 1843, a man named Ronald Macalister was killed by Aboriginal men near Port Albert, on the coast of Victoria. 0000024227 00000 n [30] Escapees living outside the law would therefore have posed a dire threat to the Kurnai. %PDF-1.3 0000020971 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. x]xG)mIq$hpwwR+VKqPMps^63.ffv>Y ?hiO#'FZ@&.JGr4O,D5nHEK{GDs ,2fspcd88qpB[V,4~nfrpe8,$Y}i{rq]v9sl{3g &6mBRii&"0k2dZNPR5foHWJcJWLlel+_0d)[Vs[ ])[UJT+Wd41 The Warrigal Creek Massacre of 1843 was another despicable act of violence. It is about the importance of truth- telling. endobj 0000002733 00000 n It also suggests that the squatters were unprepared for the resistance they faced. 0000020559 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 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. Required fields are marked *. But we strive to be one people, equality of opportunity for all, no privilege by birth, truly one nation. He also claimed this appeared to be part of a cover-up due to the arrival of Tyers or Robinson. 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