Many people accept the massacre as a matter of fact, as a truism. At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies. 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. Your email address will not be published. A Scottish colonist, called Angus McMillan, led a group of about 20 settlers who . He was accompanied by George Henry Haydon, who published an account of their journey, which is also well known. 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 . 8 /Filter /FlateDecode >> [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 quote from Robinson is from Gardners book, Through Foreign Eyes; he says Robinson was incorrect to blame the convicts, because The hostile collisions that occurred following the murder of Macalister and others in Gippsland were carried out by the squatters and their employees.[31] This correction suggests that Gardner entirely overlooked the substance and significance of Robinsons observations. The Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network is hosting a screening of the Warrigal Creek Massacre. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the project's quality scale. It is free to attend this event, but bookings are essential. Here are some resources for further research. Click here to subscribe. But I wish to look forward, unimpeded by SJWs. 0000021061 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. 0000014051 00000 n Tyerss Convict Return for 1844 shows that convict labour was an integral part of the squatter economy. Emotional articles in the Guardian in 2019 parroted the denunciation of McMillan, as did the Gippsland Times in June 2020. Some basic research puts Hatchers account into context. [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. The validity of the will remains a problem. Bookings free, but essential. Purchase tickets, Your email address will not be published. [30] Escapees living outside the law would therefore have posed a dire threat to the Kurnai. 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. 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. An unexpected error occurred. And forward if you like. 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. However, the region was isolated from the rest of New South Wales by mountains, rivers, forests, swamps and the fierce reputation of the Kurnai. Perhaps the most revealing example of Gardners influence is Cal Flynns Thicker Than Water, in which McMillan is denounced by his own descendant. [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. 0000001456 00000 n 91 0 obj <> endobj The Warrigal Creek Massacre - the documentary There have now been two packed-out screenings of this documentary at Stratford. Second, Gardners narrative is based on the assertion that the massacre and Angus McMillan are synonymous, but he has produced no evidence whatsoever to implicate McMillan. He was shot through the foot and was so injured that he was called Club Foot.[39]. 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. Bookings free, but essential. According to Gardner, the Warrigal Creek massacre was revenge for his murder. Gardner claims it is a secondary source but it is, at best, folk history that he has embroidered with his own fiction about McMillan. 0000020901 00000 n Gardner, Peter, 'The Warrigal Creek massacre', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, pp. [14], Conflict with the Kurnai was not restricted to the Europeans. Events.com has to offer. Thomas wrote in April 1845: He said he and another man had come unarmed from Gippsland. Historical. While we are not personally responsible we continue to live different experiences from these events; some of privilege, some of disadvantage, some unknowing. 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. This essay appears in Decembers Quadrant. Gardner regards tribal warfare as a myth.[18]. Because to move forward we must acknowledge our past. This article has been rated as Low-importance on the . No wild beast of the forest was ever hunted down with such unsparing perseverance as they are. 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]. According to Dunderdale, Donald Macalister fired at some Kurnai without any provocation. 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. 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[45] Hoddinotts tale thus appears to contain generic elements from the period. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. This included five in the Border Police, one of whom held a ticket-of-leave. 0000002733 00000 n Massacre [ edit] He wrote a number of reports on the state of Gippsland to his superior, Charles La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. [4][1], Despite the widespread belief that MacMillan led several massacres, as of 2021[update] there are over 12 monuments in the Gippsland region dedicated to him. The Warrigal Creek Massacre event will include: Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Refreshments Filmscreening Panel-led discussion Date: Thursday 11 July 2019 Time: 6.30pm . a federal electorate was renamed that year. '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. GLaWAC has been given permission to screen the Warrigal Creek Massacre film at our office at Forestec. Wayne, a very valuable and comprehensive article. His body was mutilated and stripped, and it was found the next day by an Aboriginal boy in his employment. Some of the tale also bears a resemblance to accounts of the Hospital Creek massacre in New South Wales that emerged between 1911 and 1919, in which the survivor was a one-eyed Aborigine. Happy New Year to all. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the brigade from one camp to another. Elizabeth Balderstone stands next to Warrigal Creek on her farm in Victoria the site of an 1843 massacre. 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]. They did not find any Bunurong so they ransacked a squatters station instead. An excellent and detailed correction of Gardner. The manager of the Krowathunkooloong keeping place in Bairnsdale, Rob Hudson, agrees. Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. Events.com Browse is curated for you to find and attend events you love. 0000024227 00000 n [4] Howitts pioneering anthropological work is compelling reading and provides a suitable counter to many modern narratives. Many Bunurong joined the police and used the guise of their role to extract vengeance on the Kurnai. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. In July 1843, a European named Ronald Macalister was killed by First Nations men near Port Albert, in Victoria. Sell more tickets through digital marketing. 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. 0000023940 00000 n Buntines Bruthen Creek run was several miles and several squatting runs to the west of Warrigal Creek. 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 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]. true /ColorSpace 25 0 R /Intent /Perceptual /SMask 26 0 R /BitsPerComponent 0000008955 00000 n 6 0 obj It was, of course, impossible to identify any blackfellow concerned in the outrage, and therefore atonement must be made by the tribe. Voice.Treaty.Truth. [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. McMillan is not implicated in any of the material cited as evidence against him. 0000007199 00000 n 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 . *OAQg( n}wWdcKuYl7nfTTYP0|8o6rlBUb[O>03v-Jg1]sng~f5!M .]e?n? 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. As fast as they put their heads up for breath, they were shot.. 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. 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. [23] To put this in context, crimes against livestock carried a heavy penalty. In Chapter 4, he gives another rendition of the Gippslander story, stating the massacre was lead [sic] by McMillan. 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. xX[~`*E}KgnvqEd%$4?9h1s7KDE+>RT*;[(b 0000017382 00000 n 0 0000024533 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. I welcome you all to (insert place name). 12 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. 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. This raises the inevitable question of whether the massacre story, based on Gardners interpretation, should be seen as historical fact or an apocryphal tale. We are yet to have a complete understanding of Gippsland in the 1840s. 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. The La Trobe Journal, 86, 23-36. hbbbd`b`` K 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. 4 0 obj 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. 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. 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. He calls them The McMillan Massacres. Howitt noted that the Kurnai killed by the Europeans were mostly, though not all, fighting men of the tribe. It is about the importance of truth- telling. xref stream 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. [58] Apart from the perverse logic of this claim, it is factually incorrect. 0000030150 00000 n 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. Launch date: Wednesday 4 AprilStratford Courthouse TheatreFree entry but bookings essentialRegister via Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2sTmWsCAbout the filmWhen An. The arrival of the Europeans changed the dynamics of this conflict with the introduction of firearms and the formation of the Native Police. 2151 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 He has attached his own assertions to his source material without distinguishing between them, and these assertions are made without proof or explanation. 0000116524 00000 n In October that year, ninety-seven Kurnai warriors made a revenge raid into Bunurong territory. Bunjileene was a leader of the Gunaikurnai people and Purrine was the head of the Lowanjerri tribe of the Bunurong. In July 1843, a man named Ronald Macalister was killed by Aboriginal men near Port Albert, on the coast of Victoria. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. 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. [54] Meyrick arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to anything before that date. 0000024998 00000 n Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. The area of Nuntin is on the western side of the Avon and was shown in a survey map of 1857. from Film Screening The Warrigal Creek Massacre This country has a hidden history that is not widely acknowledged. I have seen somewhere that this version of the. Required fields are marked *. Advice: This page does not contain images of people who have died. [40] Gippslander (1925) Experiences with Gippsland blacks, The Gap, Education Department, Bairnsdale Inspectorate, Omeo, pp 5-6. 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]. 0001003043 00000 n [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. 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. Our land of migrants, from the very first in their canoes or who even walked here. This land was never ceded. [32] Gardners work has been influential and generally unquestioned. 0001021671 00000 n They were feared by their tribal enemies for their ability to attack at nighta skill the Europeans were to encounter.[5]. 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. The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal? 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. 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. 16 0 obj Can only find the trailer. In July 1843, up to 150 Gunaikurnai people were killed near the banks of what is now known as Warrigal Creek. [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. 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