The manager of the Krowathunkooloong keeping place in Bairnsdale, Rob Hudson, agrees. 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. <> [23] To put this in context, crimes against livestock carried a heavy penalty. Peter Gardner deserves recognition for highlighting the reality of conflict in early Gippsland. Gunaikurnai people continue to visit the land to pay their respects. There is now a documentary on the Warrigal Creek Massacre, near Woodside, north of Yarram. [11] The violent response from the Kurnai was the same as that meted out to their tribal enemies when defending their territory. stream In July 1843, up to 150 Gunaikurnai people were killed near the banks of what is now known as Warrigal Creek. 0000001456 00000 n Personally, it,s hard to know who to believe, such is my lack of confidence. I knew two blacks, who though wounded came out of the hole alive. [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. [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). Some basic research puts Hatchers account into context. stream 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. [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 | About the film When 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. << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R 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. Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. 12 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. In March 1840, twenty Bunurong men from Westernport escaped the supervision of Assistant Protector William Thomas to undertake a raid into Gippsland. 0000007199 00000 n Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. Robinsons comments are significant in that he was revealing that escaped convicts were responsible for mistreating the Kurnai. When 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. The La Trobe Journal, 86, 23-36. The Warrigal Creek Massacre - the documentary There have now been two packed-out screenings of this documentary at Stratford. They were feared by their tribal enemies for their ability to attack at nighta skill the Europeans were to encounter.[5]. This is an opportunity to look back, acknowledge events and move forward together as Australians, united though the country on which we all live and a better understanding of our nations history. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.4 841.8] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 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. The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal? These stories contain the earliest known account of a massacre as revenge for the death of Macalister. The other was a little older; he made his escape up the creek by swimming and diving. 0000003570 00000 n According to Tyers, at least fifty Kurnai were killed by the Native Police and other Aborigines attached to the search parties. [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. [22] Sydney Morning Herald 15 April 1844, p. 4; the article appears to have Lachlan Macalisters turn of phrase. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work. 0000115969 00000 n MAR 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. 0000034566 00000 n It also suggests that the squatters were unprepared for the resistance they faced. 0000116989 00000 n This mass murder was committed by early colonists Angus McMillan and the Highland Brigade. The history of early Gippsland will invariably include many intersecting and conflicting narratives. Gardner, Peter, 'The Warrigal Creek massacre', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, pp. 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 cites other versions of the death of Macalister and the massacre to build his narrative, all based on Gippslander or otherwise post-Dunderdale. 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. The stories were republished as The Book of the Bush in 1898. 0001064309 00000 n 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 . The Author at Warrigal Creek 2016. [38], I knew two blacks who, though wounded, came out of that hole alive. Thats not to say they dont exist, but if you have knowledge of such I would be grateful to know it. y]\lt`(+WT5[y&Z}_~PbEH/XFN4Kz+Vb)44BQ?Zh*Y Eo4/xhJk Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. GLaWAC has been given permission to screen the Warrigal Creek Massacre film at our office at Forestec. This provides a contrast to Gardners analysis, which is based largely on a story from a schoolchildrens magazine from 1925. 2023 Vimeo.com, Inc. All rights reserved. Please try again. Gardner himself refers to Nuntin as the station established by McMillan for Macalister on western side of the Avon River in October 1840. [45] Hoddinotts tale thus appears to contain generic elements from the period. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Bookings free, but essential. 0000116911 00000 n This special screening is being hosted by the Healesville Local Aboriginal Network (LAN), Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA), Yarra . 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]. You can still browse your favorite events on our [59] McMillans Bushy Park run was on the eastern side of the Avon. [32] Gardners work has been influential and generally unquestioned. For them to do that and come up with a shared name was a major achievement. << /Length 17 0 R /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 293 /Height 146 /Interpolate This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 01:43. Production and research by Danielle Bowen, Jonathan Boadle, Jakeb Fair, Alex Owsianka, Don Sheil and Ben Winnell. Perhaps the most apt way to name these outrageous and brutal occurrences is that they be called after the man who organised and perpetrated them: Angus McMillan. Lachlan Macalisters demand of Gipps to provide protection for the settlers gives the impression that the settlers were on the defensive against both the Kurnai and the convicts. Part III: Other Versions of the Massacre Story. Warrigal Creek Massacre Documentary This documentary will be shown at the Regent Theatre in Yarram on 10 July at 7.30pm during Naidoc Week. Gardners method in telling the story is to first present the massacre and McMillans involvement as matters of fact. % 0000117321 00000 n George Dunderdale was the Clerk of Courts at Alberton and lived at Tarraville from 1869 to 1889. To implicate McMillan, Gardner imputed words and meaning into this story that are simply not there, rendering his narrative both perplexing and questionable. This announcement is all that I know, for a screening at Stratford,. 0000885516 00000 n 4 0 obj Massacre [ edit] 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. 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. The answer is in three parts. 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 0000002903 00000 n The Kurnai people were the indigenous inhabitants of Gippsland when the first Europeans arrived. Gardner is dismissive, claiming that Some parts of this account are definitely wrong on the basis that Dunderdale referred to Macalister of Nuntin. Launch date: Wednesday 4 AprilStratford Courthouse TheatreFree entry but bookings essentialRegister via Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2sTmWsCAbout the filmWhen An. [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]. the Warrigal Creek massacre - possibly even a participant in it 10. [35] This simplistic reductionism obscures the complexity of Gippslands early history, evident in his rejection of Robinsons observations on the escaped convicts. Voice.Treaty.Truth. Around 60 Indigenous Australians were killed, and many more were wounded. 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. In the revised edition of Gippsland Massacres, Gardner reinvented the account, claiming the bones were carried away from the [Warrigal] Creek by the cartload. 0000023940 00000 n One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. 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). This documentary captures a story from Victoria, however there were similar stories as the waves of colonisation swept across the country. 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