Gundagai Aboriginal elders, Jimmy Clements and John Noble, attended the 1927 opening of the new Federal Parliament House in Canberra by the Duke of York (later George VI.) [57] The Mirriyolla Ghost Dog is also known of in Cootamundra a few miles to the north-west of Gundagai and lives in the Bethungra Range that is partly in Gundagai Shire. [10] This reclamation work was originally propelled by elder Stan Grant and John Rudder who had previously studied Australian Aboriginal languages in Arnhem Land. Evans' reports confirmed of excellent pastures beyond the mountains to which Governor Macquarie ordered a road be built from the Nepean River. He wore the word "peace" on his hat and knew the British could not arrest him because of the possibility of a riot with so many Aborigines there. In 1820, the population of Bathurst was only 114 due to Macquarie's slow and cautious approach to new settlement. The Mudgee district holds many sacred Aboriginal sites and cave painting, some sites with evidence of tool making. [44], The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai has been a place of numerous bunyip sightings. The enormous influx of British colonists put massive strain on the traditional food sources[citation needed] and sacred landmarks of the Wiradjuri. George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip, commented that Gundagai was remarkable for its nomenclature when passing through the town in 1844. By subscribing, you agree to SBSs terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS. She said sacred men's and women's places would also be "lost forever". "It will also capitalise on Mount Panorama's reputation as the home of premiere Australian motorsports and events and will attract people from across the country and the world, boosting tourism and the local economy. According to Traditional Owner, Neville Williams, when the Wiradjuri party arrived at the compound the gates, they were locked, although workers were inside. Two Pictures", http://sharepoint.anglicancg.org.au/Publib/Documents/Media/Anglican%20News/Anglican%20News%20August%202009.pdf, https://books.google.com/books?id=vhQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=The+Parish+Chest+Tate&source=bl&ots=dMqianN4bR&sig=dKa_2WujoO0IDX5-VHGuzgGW2A4&hl=en&ei=CyuVToiJOcyOiAe6qMiHBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false, http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2010/D04795/a2078.pdf, "20 Sep 1947 Bunyip Hunters at Gundagai", "24 Oct 1868 Opening of the New South Wales Parliament. A spokesperson for the Bathurst Regional Council told NITV News that an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment of the area had been undertaken and it "revealed a lack of archaeological evidence to support the historic use of the site". [by Telegraph.] [24] A bushfire that caused a lot of damage was started near Gundagai in February 1906 after lightning hit a tree. According to oral tradition, in Mudgee, the Mowgee clan extended over a 50 km radius. From projects and major works to news and events. Mount Minerva is the old name for what today is the hill known as 'Minjary'. [8] A meteor seen at Gundagai on New Year's Day, 1876 was reported to have lit up the streets as though with magnesium wire,[9] and over four inches of rain fell in two hours during a dreadful storm at Gundagai in 1885. an opportunity to contribute to the process of reconciliation; the chance to share knowledge of, and learn more about, their land; protection in perpetuity of the Aboriginal Place under Section 90 of the NP&W Act; access to specialist advice from the Office of Environment and Heritage on the. They roamed throughout the OConnell, Bathurst and Macquarie Plains and along the Wambool (Macquarie) River and one estimate, recorded in 1824, numbered 600 to 700 people. Specific jin were connected to each section and together they regulated the marriage system [ref]The four Wiradjuri sections, also common to Gamilaraay and Ngiyampaa, were Murri, Kubbi, Ippai and Combo (along with their feminine equivalents of Matha, Kubbitha, Ippatha and Butha). As a result, in 1825, Colonel Stewart formed the NSW Mounted Police. Wiradjuri territory was first penetrated by British colonists in 1813. After 21 days of traveling through 50 miles (80km) of rugged terrain, the party reached Mount Blaxland. [31], The area is also identified as Jones Creek diorite. Council should consider whether or not it is feasible to re-locate the proposed go-kart track to an area that is less likely to result in harm to intangible cultural values, it said. Bell then went on to remember the ghost of Kimo Hill, a couple of miles to the south of Gundagai, that is thought to belong to a lost or stolen child who went missing in the area, in the 1830s. In late 1823, Windradyne (known as Saturday by the British) was captured for the first time. Contact with the Europeans was disastrous for the Wiradjuri whose numbers were soon decimated. [18], On 13 December 1824 Governor Brisbane wrote a letter to Major J.T. Web What is a Sacred/Dreaming Site? [18] In November 1899, a man named Caigan was struck by lightning and killed as he sheltered in a hollow log. Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains in 1813, this allowed the colony to expand onto the vast fertile plains of the west. [29] The figure has a kangaroo or dog-like head and is several kilometres in length. WebWiradjuri spiritual beliefs were organised around a network of sacred sites associated with mythical heroes known as jin [ref]Jin are sometimes referred to as totems and colloquially Declaration of an area as an Aboriginal Place gives landholders and the whole community benefits by providing: Bomen Axe Quarry Report 2.1 MB Download. [11], Similar to other inland areas in Australia, the Gundagai area has often been visited by tornadoes, particularly in dry times. The NSW Mounted Police became the principal instrument of enforcement of colonial rule on the frontier for the next 15 years.[22]. To give an example of the marriage rules, Murri emu could marry Ippatha eaglehawk, Ippatha possum, Matha brown snake and Kubbitha native bee (Mathews 1897: 173-174).[/ref]. Also available [online]. My father's cheerful courage and friendly tone disarmed animosity. Dance to Weird Music", Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gundagai_lore&oldid=1106121828, Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures, Geographic Names Register of NSW not in Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 August 2022, at 08:21. Major Great Western Highway upgrade could destroy historic Aboriginal places, There is an emergency bushfire warning in place for Maintongoonin Victoria. "[7], He goes on to list the Bangarang[a] Throughout that person's life, more skins were added, with the original skin eventually buried in the cloak. There were over 200 NSW police stations that employed Aboriginal trackers between 1862 and 1973. [53], The efforts of Yarri, Jacky Jacky, and two other Indigenous men Jackie Douglas and Tommy Davis in saving many Gundagai people from the 1852 floodwaters were heroic. The historical records, original deeds and agreements are held by the family at "Strath" Bathurst. [60] The shovel bounced off so next Mr Carey set the dogs on it and the ghost retreated through the doorway. Gundagai, Tuesday", "20 Dec 1904 Two Boys Struck by Lightning. After Governor Thomas Brisbane declared martial law the resistance soon collapsed in late 1824. [1], The Murray River forms the Wiradjuri's southern boundary and the change from woodland to open grassland marks their eastern boundary. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Museum stands, the Wiradjuri Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. Indyamarra Reconciliation Site . The Mudgee district holds many sacred Aboriginal sites and cave painting, some sites with However, all of these attempts failed and it was to be over 20 years before a way across was found. Stories were told about the travels of jin, the places where they stopped, the social rules they set down and the features of the landscape which they made. Bell, O., (ndg possibly 1970s), 'Tales of Old Gundagai' No.3, B.E.M. [16] Alfred William Howitt remarked that these trees incised with taphoglyphs served both as transit points to allow mythological cultural heroes to ascend to, and descend from, the firmament as well as a means for the deceased to return to the sky. His experience of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars of 17951816 may also have made him hesitant to start a new conflict. In Mudgee, the Mowgee clan extended over a 50km radius. Four still stand near Molong at the Grave of Yuranigh. He spoke to them in their own language in such a manner as not to let them suppose he anticipated any evil from them. The 'Gundagai' placename meaning further refers to the reason for the bend in the Murrumbidgee River near the Gundagai showground at Gundagai and to the mythological landscape epic at Gundagai. Individuals learned the stories, songs and dances of their jin and were not allowed to eat or damage them. 73-74Available [online], George Augustus Robinson 'Report of a Journey of two thousand two hundred miles to the Tribes of the Coast and Eastern Interior during the year 1844', ca.1844, MLMSS 7335, State Library of NSW, Available [online], 'Parkes, W. 1952, Letter to Tindale from Parkes, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Manuscript Collection, database 162, p.96, Department of Environment and Conservation NSW, 2004, 'Aboriginal Women's Heritage: Brungle and Tumut', Department of Environment and Conservation NSW, p.42. In dry seasons, they ate kangaroos, emus and food gathered from the land, including fruit, nuts, yam daisies (Microseris lanceolata), wattle seeds, and orchid tubers. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. AND WHEREAS the ordinary Powers of the CIVIL MAGISTRATES (although most anxiously exerted) have failed to protect the Lives of HIS MAJESTY'S Subjects; and every conciliatory Measure has been pursued in vain; and the Slaughter of Black Women and Children and Unoffending White Men, as well as of the lawless Objects of Terror, continue to threaten the before mentioned Districts; AND WHEREAS by Experience, it hath been found that mutual Bloodshed may be stopped by the Use of Arms against the Natives beyond the ordinary Rule of Law in Time of Peace, and for this End Resort to summary Justice has become necessary: NOW THEREFORE, by Virtue of the Authority in me vested by His Majesty's Royal Commission, I do declare, in Order to restore Tranquillity, MARTIAL LAW TO BE IN ALL THE COUNTRY WESTWARD OF MOUNT YORK; And all Soldiers are hereby ordered to assist and obey their lawful Superiors in suppressing the Violences aforesaid; and all His Majesty's Subjects are also called upon to assist the MAGISTRATES in executing such Measures, as any one or more of the said Magistrates shall direct to be taken for the same purpose, by such Ways and Means as are expedient, so long as Martial Law shall last; being always mindful that the Shedding of Blood is only just, where all other Means of Defence or of Peace are exhausted; that Cruelty is never Lawful; and that, when personal Attacks become necessary, the helpless Women and Children are to be spared. [42] Gundagai's Anglican parish still has 'wardens'. The government centre at Swallow Creek was soon abandoned in fear of attack. There are three ways to record Aboriginal WebSacred sites. There are, however, numerous traces of their extensive occupation of the land. First Nations leaders are concerned the landscape will be irreversibly damaged as the current plans will have a "direct" or "indirect" impact on 29 Aboriginal sites, seven which are deemed as being of "high significance". Put simply, Aboriginal Places are a way of recognising and legally protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage. [citation needed] By early 1824, war had broken out in which the Wiradjuri adopted a guerrilla-style approach. Some of the better known and accessible sites include Hands on the Rocks; The Drip; Babyfoot Cave. [cartographic material] Once the spirits are driven from the landscape, the protection is no longer forthcoming and the settlement is open to psychic ills. Their eastern borders ran from north to south from above Mudgee, down to the foothills of the Blue Mountains east of Lithgow and Oberon, and east of Cowra, Young and Tumut and south to the upper Murray at Albury and east to about Tumbarumba. Wiradjari Elder Aunty Helen Riley opposes the proposed Great Western Highway route through sacred sites. Governor Brisbane's declaration read: WHEREAS THE ABORIGINAL NATIVES of the Districts near Bathurst have for many Weeks past carried on a Series of indiscriminate Attacks on the Stock Station there, putting some of the Keepers to cruel Deaths, wounding others, and dispersing and plundering the Flocks and Herds; themselves not escaping sanguinary Retaliations. President of the Gundagai and District Historical Society, Wilkie Watson Publications, Tumut, p.50. [25], In Bryce Courtenay's novel Jessica, the plot is centred in Wiradjuri region. It was closely related to the Ngiyampaa language to the west and Gamilaraay to the north. 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