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Windradyne History Presentation
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Windradyne
Saturday
About this fierce Warrior
Aboriginal Warrior - Wiradjuri Nation
This nation is now central-northern NSW
First contact made on December 1813
1800 c. - 1829 (Birthdate unknown)
"They appear to be very inoffensive and cleanly in their persons",
Blue Mountains prevented entry for the first 25 years
Tensions increased...
1822: Stockmen and Livestock
1823: 'Saturday'was arrested - 6 men and musket
1824: Violence escalates
Arsenic laced bread
Murder of Wiradjuri people
Farmer is almost killed
Relationship with British
At the start - Positive
Affable, british make good remarks
about them
Eg. "two Boys ran away; the other small Children cried much at first; a little while after I played with them they began to be good humoured and laugh"
"They appear to be a harmless and inoffensive race, with nothing forbidding or ferocious in their countenance ... They were perfectly mild and cheerful, and laugh at everything they see and repeat everything they hear".
Eventually:
Negative
British take resources
Such as: Sacred tribal areas, hunting grounds, water sources
Anger the Wiradjuri
Windradyne starts Bathurst Wars
HOWEVER - Formal peace
Attended banquet in december 1824
Amended relations with most people witnessing
Regrets?
No regrets: Fighting for Wiradjuri
Until his last breath, he was with his people
Formal end - making peace FOR his people
Commerorations
- Brucedale Station - 2 graves of Windradyne
- Still revered by the Wiradjuri people
Could there have been peace?
Yes, if the British had co-operated
Respecting the Wiradjrui's wishes
No new governor
Peace would be hard to keep
Language Barrier
Hard to keep peace.