Discover more about our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collection objects and information available in our Library. In this paper he provides an overview of frontier history from the perspective of his people - the Wonnarua from the Hunter Valley.. About the Author James Wilson-Miller is the Curator of Koori History and Culture, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and a PhD student in the SELF Research Centre. Join us, volunteer and be a part of our journey of discovery! This noise is made so that if the string of one of the bull-roarers should break - which sometimes happens - the women would not hear it falling on the ground. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 23 Aug 1927 Page 6 MURDER BY BLACKS. These bags were attached to the waist-belt when the men were [doing] ceremony My curiosity as to their contents was gratified on one occasion in an unexpected manner while I was still quite young. There are easy-to-use buttons to add descendants, ancestors, spouses, and siblings. They [roared] out their lusty choruses until the very echoes trembled on far-away Yacaaba Head. Of course, the whites could not for their own safety allow such an event to pass without in some way punishing the blacks, but the way they did retaliate must appear to us moderns as shockingly cruel but unfortunately for themselves the blacks were looked upon by the early settlers as vermin fit only to be destroyed. On the following morning he would accompany the men to the weengarah, or meeting place where they assemble to discuss all such matters as they do not wish the women or uninitiated youths to take part in. The main camp of the natives who were present at the ceremonies was pitched in an open forest, on some gently sloping ground a few chains easterly from the left bank of a small watercourse, a tributary of the Allyn River, within Portion No. My Descendant Group was respon- sible to maintain the country on the South to South Eastern side of the Barrington Tops and associated Rivers and Valleys, which run into the Hunter Valley. However, it did not tally with what I had seen elsewhere, or had been told by natives whose confidence I had won. These were called cumiml, and varied considerably in size and construction according to the purpose for which they were designed. Little trouble was taken over their preparation, it seeming to be a point of practice to scorch feathers and flesh into a delectable outer covering One of the most fancied foods was the flying-fox (kundewung), and great was the excitement that prevailed when these creatures were about. The illustration above is captioned Natives returned from fishing and sub captioned Drawn by Mr R. Browne No. These tasty morsels were shaped like tiny puddings, and when ripe would be eaten raw. The congestion, the Insanitary conditions that obtained, and an entire lack of appreciation of the necessity for isolation caused the disease to spread with disturbing rapidity. The site is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is considered a sacred site. Groups living near the Wonnarua include the Darkinjung and the Wirad. . It stems from the work of a West Maitland schoolteacher in the 1880s in which, he used the word Gringai to describe a group of Aborigines living near Dungog . The men and boys then change their position, and all march abreast. The natives soon embraced the opportunity to raid the station. No longer would they eat the female species of game, or collect fruits and yams or even eat with the women. This cruel happening was not discovered by the boss for quite a time and when it was the man was sent to Newcastle, but it remains unknown what his fate was life was cheap then. He was supposed to possess supernatural powers in other words, to be a karaaga or wizard. It may have had some- thing to do with the mystery bags that formed part of the equipment of the adults. . As they departed their mothers tied some green leaves to yamsticks, and when these leaves turned brown, the mothers knew their boys would return for the final symbolic suckling of the breast. Check out the What's On calendar of events, workshops and school holiday programs. The Wonnarua, Wanaruah people have occupied the Upper Hunter for at least 30,000 years, with traditional knowledge holding that occupation extends back to the early stages of the Dreaming. Figure 8: A sketch of a bora ground near Gloucester, showing the position of the two rings 18 chains or 362 metres apart. Add new content to your site from Sensagent by XML. [2] However, it has also been claimed that the language of the Wonnarua people is more closely linked to the Darkinjung language. This station was In the care of 4 or 5 unarmed men (convicts). At a distance of about 7 chains in a north-north-westerly direction from the goonambang, along the top of the ridge, were a few other marked trees, the dharroong on some of which are still distinguishable. The recorded history of the Wonnarua begins in the early nineteenth century when the Europeans settled. . Scott Franks, of the Plains Clans Wonnarua People (PCWP), believedthe colonial past of the RavensworthEstateinvolvedthe brutal massacre of First Nations people. The Wonnarua were part of the land. Boggle. (HEC). Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, is the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley. The second, which Mr Bennett seemingly refers to under Captain Reynolds, is apparently that expedition which led up to the encounter on Browns Creek, Wallamba, in which the whites were so decidedly worsted, that the locality of the encounter in question yet bears the name of Waterloo. Captain Moffatt and I agreed to set off at 2 to-morrow, that nothing may be left undone on this lamentable occasion. [8] See also [ edit] Owing to the humming noise which they have themselves been making, and the quiet manner in which the men and boys have come in, such of the younger women who have not been to a keeparra before are surprised to see the cordon of white men standing around them. To make squares disappear and save space for other squares you have to assemble English words (left, right, up, down) from the falling squares. SmartDraw's family tree template starts you with a basic family structure already on the page. The adjoining parish, Belbora (correctly Baal Bora) owes its name to the tragedy. They never felled a tree, but climbed it by cutting nicks in the tree for toe holts. Two days prior to this, while in the Jerrys Plains area, Cunningham had noted Exocarpus [Native Cherry] and Sterculia heterophyllus [Kurrajong - NSW Herbarium] appearing in every part of the Forest. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 26: 320-340. In this section, there's a wealth of information about our collections of scientific specimens and cultural objects. This means, that the big question remains unanswered. It focuses on nurturing the history and culture of the Wonnarua Nation, improving the health and education of its members and managing investments to sustain the Corporation's work. Some of the old men go round to see that the food for the novices is prepared according to rule, and when it is ready the guardians carry it to them. 1820. exposed pith of the under piece. They were fond, too, of pets, for the place was always alive with parrots, bears, opossums, squirrels, kangaroo rats and bandicoots that had been caught in the bush and tamed to the domesticity of camplife. Each child, at birth, was placed in a certain class or totem, and could only marry some person from an entirely different class or totem, their particular classification being indicated by its distinguishing name. Learn more about this collection acquired by Alexander Morrison in the New South Wales Hunter Valley during in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Renowned historian and Wonnarua descendant, James Miller explains in his book Koori a Will to Win: The spirit of Baime is depicted on a cave overlooking the Valley at Milbrodale painted more than 3000 years ago. Most of the older hands in Dungog can remember the old aboriginal cemetery near Mr William Abbots home at Violet Hill and at the rear of the Rectory. The upper end of this pole is ornamented by having, a bunch of green leaves or grass tied around it. Saturday, 8th June. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 6 Jul 1943 Page 4 WILD BLACKS. An astounding example is a 13 million-person family tree created by scientists. Gordon Bennett (reprinted 1964) p8. Very carefully was the length of bark separated from its hold so that not a crack appeared in Its tough surface. The attack on the home station failed through the attackers mistaking the crack of a bullock whip for a gunshot. Bark was then carefully placed over the body. all one afternoon, until stopped by the manager of the station and his men, but while the manager was persuading the. I was molested only last week by wild blacks between Dungog and Stroud and discharged my musket at several who threw spears at us. We could hear the clashing of nullas and spears, and the sound of the boomerangs clipping the tree leaves. When the Wonnarua see the wedge tailed eagle, they know Kawal is looking over them, protecting them. These quartz crystals are believed to be the excrement of [Ko-en]. They were always in dread of war with the Kamilaroi, a fierce and warlike tribe, who followed down the headwaters of the Hunter from the Talbragar to the Nunmurra waters, and even occasionally made raids as far as Jerrys Plains. Nature appeared to have safeguarded them In her own Inscrutable fashion against most of the ailments that afflict civilised man but she had not prepared them against the diseases that the white man brought in his train. The Earliest Inhabitants - Aboriginal Tribes of the District. They had knocked down and carried away eight colonial sheep; all the rest were stolen yesterday. The pieces of burning bark which the sisters of the novices have been obliged to carry, as before stated, are left at the kweealbang. As everything relating to these ceremonies is kept very secret it is only hearsay. The young boys were carefully instructed by the elders of the tribe for long periods before the actual ceremonies began. . The bull-roarers increase in loudness, and come quite near, and the guardians tell the novices to raise their heads and look. Ironically, it is directly above Baime cave where Europeans first viewed the Upper Hunter, led from Sydney by a tracker from the Wonnarua tribe. Fans hoped they might learn the identity of the grandfather of John Dutton, the Yellowstone patriarch played by Kevin Costner. Baime also created Kawal (Ka-wal), to watch over the Wonnarua people. He is always painted in front view; Dharramalan is drawn in profile. On riding about I noticed a large gum-tree deeply carved with hieroglyphics, which I was informed was a record for future generations that a bumbat had been celebrated. I have some old records of the A.A. Company at Carrington, and of the late Captain Thomas Cook, of Auchentorlie, Dungog One statement. Sir, I do myself the honor to state to you for the information of His Excel- lency the Governor that a formal complaint was made to me a few days ago, by a respectable person in this neighbourhood in favor of five aborigines whose names are in the margin [Derby, Purser, and three others]. There was no pretence at architecture or even orderly erection of the crude break-wind. Glencore is seeking approval to build a new open-cut pit and mine an additional 135 million tonnes of coal until 2044. King Micky, of Cooplacurripa, was well tattooed on the chest and on the muscles of the arms. The Port Stephens blacks : recollections of William Scott. You can use this to build on. They were astonished and indignant. Whereas my parents were always careful to remove bones from any fish served to us at our table, the aboriginal mothers tossed their imps great slices of fish and let them manage as best they could. These men, armed with their boomerangs and nulla-nullas, then start towards the kackaroo, some of them taking up their position on one side of the ring, and some on the other, but the majority of them stand near the front of it-that is, on the side from which the path emerges. They always declared that it was far easier to carry the rigid body than one that was limp and flopping. xZ6+>E);?c'qkY2);YLg bF( A beautiful clear, cold day. Since the receipt of Mr Cooks instructions to me respecting the black in question I have had no opportunity of making further enquiries about him, but I take it for granted if he did not reach Sydney he must have effected his escape or is in Newcastle gaol. Bail catch fish, he said. The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Tue 7 Mar 1939 Page 4 Old Days and Blacks. Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Sat 24 Aug 1895 Page 3 WITH THE BLACKS. All you need to do is follow the two simple processes give above. The wattie, however, was deadly in its execution, and there was never any doubt about it when it fell. Below Dungog, and extending to Lake Macquarie, the Awabakal tribe was the most important and their language is recorded in interesting treatises writ- ten by the Rev. This was to show that they were [grieving]. "I'm just sad that such a beautiful area like the Hunter Valley is going to be turned into an unliveable landscape, ultimately, by the scourge of mining," Mr Franks said. One of the men goes into the ring, swinging his bull-roarer, and the other walks along one side near the women. Derby [carried] the letter. The manner in which the Grlngai communicated their movements to following friends was noteworthy. "This is not to say that a massacre or massacres did not take place," she said. On another occasion, at a much later date, I came across another initiation ceremony when proceeding through the bush. . We actively repatriate material from our collections to Indigenous cultural centres and keeping places, and collaborate directly with communities to return significant cultural objects and ancestral remains to their places of origin. When first his family came here, he said, the rivers were full of big fish, perch mullet and herrings, so that any evening he and his brothers went fishing, their mothers large pan was heard to sing, and sing again. . It required but little effort to keep the communal larder filled to repletion. The removal of Cabeen Paddy [recently mentioned] and Cocky from this quarter has had the desired effect. For more information go to http://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/footer/copyright. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. This proved to be the case. In this way they were deliciously cooked, and indeed the doctor relates that he frequently dealt with his own game and fish in this manner. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 12 Apr 1910 Page 3 (TO THE EDITOR.). Re the name of Canningalla being called after Lord Canning. ?j"PeezDl(K6+iwZaA[]l-{/;AC^(!.y>lz+=-e_!N AnWq%H0R"-L-+ The new-comer announced hls name and business and within a few seconds the whole crowd were jabbering ex-citedly and happily. The latter, on receiving this token of their concurrence, then selects a suitable plan in some part of his own territory where game is sufficiently plentiful to afford food for his visitors, and there he commences to prepare the ground. I often heard my father speak of the blacks fish traps but it was years after his death that I read Mary Gilmores book, and so I could not ask the questions I wanted to. At this camp they are also required, on more than one occasion, to drink the urine of some of the men, collected in a coolamin for the purpose. It was an oval- shaped piece of hardwood some two feet wide having a hand-grip on the back made of a length of vine affixed In holes made for the purpose. These men were employed as shepherds and whenever they got a chance practised almost unbelievable cruelties on the blacks, but stealing the black women was the most serious in the eyes of the aborigines. Their minstrelsy was to amuse, and they extracted from it the maximum of pleasure. The men at the goonambang had already been informed that the boombits were on their way. The Port Stephens blacks : recollections of William Scott (National Library of Australia) (SCO), The journal of Charles Boydel (State Library of NSW) (CBJ). The affair took place on the flat about 100 yards south of Camerons fence. This was done and Mr. Donelan accompanied me himself to Stroud, while the constables and soldiers went by water to Booral. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 12 Nov 1926 Page 3 OUT- RAGE BY BLACKS. When this painting is completed, two of the men go ahead by themselves, each of them carrying one or two boomerangs in his belt and one in his hand; in the other hand he carries a small bough ready for use by and bye. Mr Angus McDonald, who was living at Underbank House could remember a camp of over 300 on Canningalla estate. He came straight up to the group, and within a dozen or so paces of us, threw on the ground his spears and boomerangs. 4 0 obj on which a few embers were always burning. Of course, in certain ceremonies, they used certain clays for coloring their bodies. Then they advance a few paces, and stamp one foot on the ground, and the hosts answer heh! The novices are now given a new name, and are permitted to mix with the men, but must not go among the women until they have attended a few more keeparras, and have lost their boyish voice. At various times they were ordered to assume uncomfortable positions and to remain so until the sun crossed the sky. In some other tribes there are series of sub-branches identified distinctively with their animal or bird totem, these groups being subject to rigid rules as re-gards inter-marriage, food taboos, and other things. Learn how First Nation communities and artists are using ghost net sculptures as a way to tell traditional stories. This nomadic minstrel was a most important individual, posturing, gesticulating and leaping about the fitful flames of the camp fire he would sing, over and over again, his latest melody, which usually had to do with some well known incident. . has publicly denounced the use of the word Guringai. There I. saw a large fire burning in the centre of a cleared oval space. The stranger produced a small pipe from his belt, stooped down to the fire, lit the tobacco with a coal, and took a few puffs. Cabbage Tree Island was literally covered with them then, and I recall dropping fourteen in one discharge of my little double-barrelled gun. University of Newcastle history professor Lyndall Ryan, who has spent almost a decade cataloguing colonial frontier massacres for an online map, found evidence of a massacre further up the Hunter Valley, but not near the Ravensworth homestead. The mystery bags carried by the men evidently held some significant superstitious meaning, the profundity of which I was never able to fathom, despite careful inquiry on the subject. Many of those who remained in contact with European settlement died of disease. . Glancing about I saw a strange aboriginal walking across a cleared space and approaching the camp. provided seeds suitable for grinding and baking into seed cakes (McBryde 1976:65), as may the kind of oat-grass seen by Cunningham (Joumal 7/5/1823 ) in the upper Goulburn Valley. Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Laurie Perry said there were "tit-for-tat skirmishes" on the land, but "there was no massacre on the site or recorded massacre on the site". Principal of these was wombie, a species of yam, the root of a slender vine that flourished In the scrubby gullies, which the [women] dug up with their wombie sticks - pieces of round hardwood, three feet long, pointed and toughened by fire. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience onourwebsite. The mothers and other women belonging to each tribe go out of the ring of the white men on the side next their own country. One or more of the tribes who intended, to be present may have been unavoidably detained on the way, and do not reach the main camp until a few days after the novices have been taken away. removed the kidney fat without the painful operation above described. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. The seeds of Zamia spiralis [a species of cycad] were soaked in a creek or swamp for several weeks, pounded and then roasted (Threlkeld in Gunsom 1974:55; Backhouse 1843:380). Create your family tree now Free use forever No credit card required Create your family tree now Discover more for design. With no knowledge of science to aid them, with only the most primitive ideas of handicraft as white men comprehend it, they could do a vast quantity of very excellent work in a very brief space of time. . . Free, in-person guidance at any one of over 5,000 FamilySearch centers. The coffin was lifted upon the shoulders. Here a halt is made, and the keerang start away back to the womens camp, and report that the men and boys will arrive in a few hours time. "There's differing views and that can even be related to heritage.". The waddies. The corpse was neatly encased in a sheet of bark (paper-bark) stripped from the giant tl-tree (Melaleuca) and bound with vines from the scrub. Vinnimmbe (1980:Table 3 ) lists an extensive array of plants occurring around Brisbane Water of which a number are known to have been eaten, and indicates their seasonal avail- ability. Return of the Boys.- A start is now made towards the womens camp, all the men and boys leaving the kweealbang in single file. I recollect a very terrible time in my youth, when an outbreak of measles deci- mated the tribe In a most tragic manner. [There was] a fight between the Wallamba tribe and a portion of the Kabook (Gloucester, Barrington, Rawdon Vale tribes). Cook [wrote]: The native blacks are very savage in this locality and it is necessary that we should all carry arms when travelling. The Kweealbang Camp.-A short digression will now be made for the purpose of describing how the women are released from their prostrate position, and their subsequent proceedings. The recorded history of the Wonnarua begins in the early nineteenth century when the Europeans settled. On being asked by what jury he would be tried, the prisoner replied by black-fellows ; but this of course the Court was not empowered to grant. By scratches on the bark and other signs not comprehensible to a white person, they would select the forest giant in which the little animal had made his home. They had to fend for themselves. The boys of each tribe sit on the side of the ring nearest the country they have come from. It was really a land of plenty. At this camp there are pantomimic performances nearly every night, the men dancing and acting on the clear space already described. Some time ago I despatched two of the Mounted Police to put in force a warrant issued by Mr G. Rowley, J.P, against three black fellows who assaulted and beat a man in charge of sheep who endeavoured to protect his masters property ; but these sable thieves being apprised of the troopers approach collected to the number of thirty or forty, and having amongst them at least a dozen muskets and plenty of ammunition, which the settlers most improperly [supplied them], they resisted and the soldiers were fain to retreat, which they did with much difficulty, not until several shots were exchanged, the troopers cartridge box wrenched from his person, and his arm wounded with a tomahawk. A straight young sapling would be chosen, cut to the required length, and set to soak in water for some three or four weeks. In 1999 the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation acquired the site of the former St Clair Mission where their forebears lived. The bark would be stripped carefully from the tree and soaked in water until the outer portions could be readily scraped off with a shell. Other plants indicated by the literature to have been exploited for food in coastal regions include various fruits (Caswell 1841), including a sort of wild plum (Threlkeld in Gunson 1974:55) and the stalk of the water lily (Scott 1929:41; Fawcett 1898:152). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Collection. The women were not allowed to go up this path nor approach the top of the hill at all. The Wonnarua people's traditional lands are located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales. Altitude 5360 feet the highest point between Kosciusko and Mount Lindsay. When nearly through, smoke would begin to rise, whereupon the efforts of the operator would be re-doubled. At Port Stephens the tribe was happily situated in the matter of provender. I saw the trees tattooed and marked for a hundred yards round the ring, but I never saw any ceremonies there. On the 30th last I discov- ered in the bush opposite iny residence, three head of Mr Myles cattle speared. The sisters of the novices each pick up a piece of burning bark from a fire close by the ring, where they have been smouldering ready for use. All the things were placed at the dead mans head, and the grave was then filled in. They liked noise. As soon as [Macarty] re-crossed the creek he let out another yell and the fight began again. The spirit of Kawal is embodied in the wedge tailed eagle, found throughout the Hunter Valley. . When I approached an old man was digging the grave, which was a most laborious task, the ground being very hard, and the only tools used for the purpose a tomahawk. The journey towards the kweealbang (fire place) is now resumed, all hands starting away from the water-hole in single file; and on going a short distance they are again met by the Keerang, who salute them in the same manner as before, and then return to the kweealbang, alnd report that the novices will shortly arrive. Wonnarua Nation Strategic Plan 2009-2012 - https://goo.gl/HVVNFo. 1844, my father, John Scott, being employed in a secretarial capacity at Carrington by the Australian Agricultural Company. One of a small camp of blacks about a quarter of a mile from our house died of some sickness. The fish after being cleaned appeared as though, it had just come out of the water. . Having long, prehensile toes they would use them as a white man does his fingers to grasp the object needed and thus would rise it to within reach of the hands. See Google Map https://goo.gl/maps/4PwZb8sMZHo. I have seen small nails used for tipping spears, lances made in this fashion being particularly dead- ly. Hence the name Baal Belbora. The rays of the sun then accomplished the remainder of the task. Mr. McKenzie was, some four months later, accidentally killed fell off his horse while crossing the Cobark River opposite the reserve above Cobark House and his remains rest on a grassy knoll close by. The blacks living in the district that extends from just about where Brookfield now is to the headwaters of the Chichester and the Williams belonged to a tribe known as the Gringai. This would be chip- ped and shaved with extreme care until the desired curve had been ob- tained, when the finishing touches would be put on it with scrapers made of shells or glass. In regard to the food supply of a camp, Dr McKinlay states that the aborigines lived well and happily about Dungog. He more than anyone, seemed to enjoy the joke best. *Wonnarua Dreamtime Legend It was marvellous how swiftly the blacks could climb by means of these tiny notches literally swarming up the smooth tall trunk. The men invariably carried their tomahawks In their belts, and a piece of grass- tree gum, which latter seemed to be an indispensable part of their equipment This exudation of the pummirri had so many uses that no blackfellow could be without his supply ready at hand. They were formed in two divisions, and kept crossing and recrosslng the path, interlacing as the met at the run, and descending the hill rapidly, all the time yelling at the top of their voices. Turning their attention from the cattle raid, the blacks attacked the hut where the A. But there were ceremonies in the bush, wherefrom the women were rigidly excluded. The report concludedthat mining on the estate "violates the traditional relationship between the Aboriginal peoples and their land". The SensagentBox are offered by sensAgent. Lettris Blackfellow!) When these leaves get dry, it will be considered about time to bring the boys back to the Kweealbang. When green, if the camp needed vegetables for the menu, they were roasted and eaten In that fashion. Warning: This article contains content that some readers may find distressing. It needed but little to divert the simple minds of the natives. It is laid on pieces of bark, and each boy has to eat the share which is allotted to him by the headmen. It is therefore necessary to give them a little relaxation to afford them an opportunity of regaining their strength before attempting the journey to the kweealbang. They were always so covered while the fire dancing was on. At the goonambang, a fire lit the centre where a number of elders were sitting. The shafts of the spears were made of various hardwood, scraped carefully to the required thickness with shells or pieces of broken bot- tles. That, so far as I can recollect, concluded that particular ceremony. The lads of the tribe were my playfellows. Those who escaped the bullet were killed by falling over the cliffs and being smashed on the rocks below thus, was the whole tribe of blacks with one or two exceptions which inhabited this part of the district exterminated. 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