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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 14 May 1935 Page 6 BATTLE WITH THE BOWMAN BLACKS. The fish after being cleaned appeared as though, it had just come out of the water. What struck him was the wonderful time they kept, and their singing at the end of every performance. I have already described how the fishing spears were made, and have told something of the skill with which they were used. "There's differing views and that can even be related to heritage.". The novices are then lifted up in the mens arms, two or three men, including the guardian, to each boy, who advance and stand on the green bushes, which by this time are emitting a dense smoke, which ascends round the men and boys. When they get to the rear, they turn round and again throw pieces of hark over the heads of the men and boys. The Museum works actively to build links with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to ensure the objects held in our collections are always available to Traditional Owners, to activate our collections through programs that provide connections with living cultural practice, and to deepen public understanding of Australias First Nations cultures. The Australian Museum strives to provide First Nation communities with information in an accessible form, about the cultural objects On the 30th last I discov- ered in the bush opposite iny residence, three head of Mr Myles cattle speared. They have also attacked Mr Nowlands station, a few miles lower down, and the enclosed from Mr Cook, which I have just received, will disclose to you the tenor of their conduct towards his men. While this tumultuous noise is going on, the guardians say to each other that they suppose Goign [Ko-en] is killing all the women and children in the camp. 4 0 obj It was a very simple process for the tribe to kill all they needed. The wordgames anagrams, crossword, Lettris and Boggle are provided by Memodata. *Wonnarua Dreamtime Legend Long before resource companies moved in to tap into the rich coal reserves below, surgeon James Bowman established the Ravensworth Estate in 1824 and it became a hub for horticultural experimentation. We must remember that the majority of these men were convicts and assigned as servants to the settlers or squatters, as they were more generally termed, Some of these assigned men were undoubtedly of a very depraved nature, . Gordon Bennett (reprinted 1964) p3. Charms were worn round the neck and consisted of shells, seeds, pieces of quartz, etc. Mr Stacy did not think the wounds dangerous. When he had finished the required number, he would cache them in the bush, either in a hollow log or cave, until such time as opportunity arrived for their disposal. Marsupials were in abundance among the ridges and on the flat lands; there were birds In the trees and on the swamps. When the keerang come near, they spread out in a row in front of the men and boys, and throw pieces of bark over them, dancing as they do so. As I have said before, life was a joke, and the more laughter they could crowd into it the merrier passed the days. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders and recognise their continuous connection to Country. When they are considered ready to be made full members of the tribe the elders hold a convention and decide on a bumbat being held, generally when there are three or four youths to be initiated. After they had camped together the ceremony was complete. "I just simply haven't sufficient evidence for mycriteria to include a massacre site on the map.". A stockman hav- ing come from Baker station, where Mr. Chas. He also created the first initiation site. The two men now separate, one going round one side, and one round the other, and again meet at the entrance of the goonambang, where they stand and dance, shaking their boughs and boomerangs for a brief period. The gins peeled the bark off the long straight limbs of the white myrtle and soak it in water holes till the brown skin came off. 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. FamilySearch is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping all people discover their family story. Social - dances, association meetings and gatherings, visitors, and general gossip columns. By some unerring instinct the blacks knew to within a day when the first of the great shoals would appear through the heads. The illustration above, Broken Bay [Hawkesbury RIver]Jemmy. In regard to elopements, if a man and woman, Figure 7: Map of The Hunter Valley Kooris - reproduced from James Millers A Will to Win. 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. All these pantomimic representations are largely mixed with abominable and obscene gestures. Strangely enough neither men nor women adorned themselves with ornaments of any description, being content to present themselves to the world as Nature so fashioned them. But there were ceremonies in the bush, wherefrom the women were rigidly excluded. A piece of suitable wood invariably myrtle had to be found, curved as much as possible in the rough shape to be assumed by the finished article. They lived for the most part, he says, on opossums, kangaroos, wallabies, birds and fish. Dungog was the ultimate limit of settlement for ten years or more. After this visit of the keerang the novices are allowed greater liberty, being permitted to sit up straight in the camp, and occasionally to stand. These sheep were driven to Berrico at shearing time. The blacks were always fearful of a raid by the Myall River natives, who were reputed to be very warlike and aggressive. Then maddened with fear under the gunfire they broke hither and thither in vain attempts to escape. Th e nullah nullah was another weapon in the same category as the wattle, but of different shape. The women were not allowed to go up this path nor approach the top of the hill at all. The local Allyn River tribe were the first to erect their camp, around which the other tribes took up their positions, each in the direction of the country from which they had come. Mary Gilmore and her father saw the blacks get one of these logs in place. Ganghat . What it meant I could never discover. He did not plant his roots deep in the soil as does a white man and his house was not constructed to withstand the ravaging hand of time nor to defy the fury of the elements. who fully believed in an after existence, and told me many curious and interesting legends, especially one relating to the stars. hbbd``b`$AC $ IuK`R"sDlqXLW@z%3.` /1 Before 1788 it covered 90% of the country and comprised about 300 languages. At various times they were ordered to assume uncomfortable positions and to remain so until the sun crossed the sky. |Last modifications, Copyright 2000-2022 sensagent Corporation: Online Encyclopedia, Thesaurus, Dictionary definitions and more. Ceremonies in the Bush. 5, Plate XXXI1). Fanny, on seeing it, became greatly agitated and ordered me to restore it to its hiding place at once. Before doing so, however, I peered into it and saw only a piece of rock crystal. The last of their kings died only some four years ago, a fine, manly old fellow. The triangle icon that indicates to play. The Wonnarua were part of the land. The novices entered the water first, and as each boy plunged in, the men standing around gave a shout. They learned to track the native animals, became wise in the ways of fish and bird, and made a game of life generally. Anxiety states were deliberately contrived by the guardians who told the boombits that the Goign (great spirit) was attacking the camp and killing the women and children. [The canoes] were generally 15 feet long, and with a fair beam, required some handling by an amateur. Naturally they avoided as much as possible the necessity of going through this process. I happened to have a few emu feathers stuck in the band of my hat as an ornament. The 1923 Dutton Family Tree Mystery . Howitt and Fraser refer to the people of that district as the Gringai. There appears to be clear evidence that the Worimi occupied the country bounded by the seashore from the Manning as far south as Norah Head and possibly to the Hawkesbury. When Europeans settled in the Gloucester-Manning area in the 1820s and 1830s, the Aboriginal people lost their homelands to logging, clearing and livestock. The Port Stephens blacks : recollections of William Scott (National Library of Australia) (SCO), The journal of Charles Boydel (State Library of NSW) (CBJ). This beating of boomerangs and stamping is repeated till the men get quite close to the back of the goonambang. The illustration above is captioned Natives returned from fishing and sub captioned Drawn by Mr R. Browne No. How he, or she, was dealt with I was never able to discover. Change the target language to find translations. I remember one old black discoursing on the merits of the nullah a s against the wattle in a fight. The massacre at Kiripit occurred in 35, and resulted in the death of five of Mackenzies convict shepherds. The Wonnarua people are the traditional land owners of the Singleton area and their lands extend throughout the Hunter Valley and 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. 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. Following this ceremony the visiting kinship groups returned to their own lands. The men took a mischievous pleasure in killing the wood-pecker which represented the totem of the women. As with all aspects of Aboriginal history in the Hunter Region, evidence relating to diet is almost exclusively related to the coastal areas. Take your designs to the next level. Here the mothers and sisters of the novices assemble every day for the purpose of singing and dancing, and on these occasions the mothers carry the yamsticks, ornamented with bunches of leaves tied on their ends, already referred to. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 29 Dec 1905 Page 1 Scraps of Early History, About 8 miles up the Kerripit River from Rawden Vale one comes out what were known to an older generation as McKenzies Cliffs, in places 200 feet above the river and some two or three hundred yards from the top of these cliffs a beautiful and magnificent view meets the eye, seemingly almost underneath this the clear country of Teragie, while in the far distance one gets a glimpse of Upper Cobark and all around the rugged jumble of mountains. Arriving at the foot of the hill the men threw down their weapons on the ground, and springing on to the cleared space, danced on the fire with their bare feet until it was extinguished. A canoe-shaped vessel of bark a couple of feet long, was half filled with water and placed near him. Fishing lines were cleverly made from the inner bark of young kurrajong trees, the finished article being of extraordinary strength and capable of landing the heaviest of edible fish. They went into the water-hole one after the other, and came out in the same way. The possum was hauled from his hole in a rotted limb or spout and tossed to the ground. This is said to be done to cause the novices hands and arms to grow stronger. The attire usually consisted of a kangaroo skin tied round the middle with a belt of fibre or sinews. Eather, and a description of the last combined Bora ceremony on the family property in 1852. The women and children walked to the kackaroo and were told to lie face down in the middle of the large circle. At the goonambang, spirit world and tribal world united in what was probably the deepest religious experience a Koori male would ever have. This left a white, flax- like fibre, very tough and strong. And then I read Mary Gilmores book Old Days, Old Ways, telling of how the blacks felled, the trees across the rivers to make fish traps. This is done in the following, manner: At the end of a certain time of probation, which is fixed by the headmen, the neophytes, painted and dressed as men of the tribe, are brought to a fire near the mens camp, where there is food ready laid on rugs spread upon the ground. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tuesday 25 March 1919 p3. ?D*1q4"'7fw +3k I |`! Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, is the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley. The woman about to be married made a camp and a fire, to which the man was led by his father or any old man of the tribe. The Rawden Bros merchants of Liverpool (England) and J. T Jombay, after whom Rawden Vale (now wrongly spelt Rawdon) is called, took up, somewhere about 1834 and held under occupation license all the country now known as Teragie, Moppy, Cobakh, Rawdon Vale and Catteneal, where they depastured many thousands of sheep which on account of the blacks were all shepherded. Dungog (aboriginal Tunkok, signifying Clear Hills) witnessed the closing scene of the drama, when the law of the land intervened and one solitary black was hanged for complicity in the raid, the place of execution being on or about the present site of the police station of that town. On the bank of the Kerripit almost in front of the homestead at Stobo lie the remains of these old-time shepherds. The tributary mentioned is Dog Trap Creek. Give contextual explanation and translation from your sites ! Just as the t in tinko was turned into d in dingo so the t in Tugag became d, and the nasality of the final g being dropped the word became Dungag and Dungog. Gruesome and dark is that partly forgotten tale, justifiable only in the fact that the unfortunate whites concerned were beleaguered and wounded and the poisoned dampers were their last defensive resort. After this outrage the natives dividedone body seeking shelter south-west towards the Upper Arundel. The word Guringai/Gringai has no connection to the Aborigines of northern Sydney. As a boy I got a great fright when working on the flat at Irwins, a lot of natives in war paint and carrying their arms came suddenly on me. Baime also created Kawal (Ka-wal), to watch over the Wonnarua people. Around the Manning River basin, there were reports of waterholes and gifts of food being laced with arsenic known as The Harmony so the jungle of the Barrington became a refuge for Aboriginal people. In a hollow fork I discovered one of these mystery bags. Join the community of family history enthusiasts and FamilySearch employees to ask questions and discuss potential product enhancements. It was made of a flat piece of wood, a few inches in length, in which two holes were bored. They would treat him hospitably, and talk with him about general matters of tribal interest. 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. The settlers and government troopers retaliated with random shootings and massacres. The shepherds were very scared as was very natural, and came to beg that I should double the flocks so that two of the men might always be together. There is one chorus that I well remember, for it was sung nightly, over and over again, by the whole tribe. . 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. They liked noise. Baime has his arms stretched open protecting the Valley. The keerang and other men who have remained in the camp then muster up all the women, and place them lying down round the fire, a little way outside the ring of bushes before referred to, the women of each tribe being kept in groups by themselves on the side next their own district, and are covered over with rugs and bushes. English thesaurus is mainly derived from The Integral Dictionary (TID). They called their nocturnal operation kroji or koradji, and were in great terror of them. 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. When the last spark of the fire had been extinguished and the last wreath of smoke had eddied into nothingness, the women were uncovered and the Port Stephens blacks, accompanied by the poombits, ran up the nearby trees like so many monkeys and began breaking small branches off the limbs. endstream endobj 73 0 obj <>stream . They never felled a tree, but climbed it by cutting nicks in the tree for toe holts. I immediately sent for Macintyre and the black and after obtaining the whole account, kept the latter in custody, and the next day were engaged in collecting a. party from some of the stations around the Gloucester, with arms and ammunition to go in pursuit of the murderers at daylight to-morrow morning. the slightly curved weapon, utilised for striking down game of all descriptions, and the sharply curved var- iety which would return to the thrower. The kackaroo (ceremonial ground) was surrounded by carved trees and bushes. %PDF-1.7 % They were made to lie prostrate on the ground, and were covered with rugs and blankets, an old man guarding them, waddy in hand, as I had seen many years before. an interpreter. These logs were generally supposed to have been left by floods, but I never felt satisfied, for they were mostly about the same distance apart. Wildlife dwindled. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 9 May 1922 Page 3 CONFLICTS WITH THE NATIVES. . The district blacks were collected in a cluster of saplings on the opposite ridge in full view of the execution. grease. pare the lines. WNAC focuses on nurturing the history and culture of the Wonnarua Nation, improving the wellbeing of its members and managing investments to sustain the . The Wonnarua also had trade and ceremonial links with the Kamilaroi people. Figure 12: The men and novices silently surround the women at the Kweealbang. Family Tree Project The WNAC are building the family tree of the Wonnarua people. I remember on one occasion conversing with a group of natives at their camp when there was a sudden hissing whisper: Cooree Cooree! (Blackfellow! The day after the arrival of the Keeranga-or it may be in a few days time-very early in the morning, perhaps before. The black warriors lay down and died all around. having no desire to return to her tribe. placed in a slanting position, forming a shelter, covered in on one side, leaving the other side open. Birds were easily secured and were an abundant part of the daily meal. The Wonnarua Language & Culture Archive is owned and managed by the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (WNAC), and it has been created for educational purposes. must be carried bv them, when going from place to place, till they again meet their brothers at the kweealbang. The bias towards the coast applies to plant foods as to others, and this aspect of the evidence makes impossible any comparison between the relative importance of plant foods in coastal and inland environments. Some of the men go to the goonambang and camp there, and during the night they swing a bull-roarer at intervals, and the women at the kackaroo beat their rugs and sing in response, whilst the men give the customary shout. Macarty then took the whites and put us across the creek where the dam now is. One would he deputed to climb for the quarry, and with his tomahawk would set about making toe-holds In the bark up the straight bole. The flesh was cut with a little sharp stone, and then the black so operated upon would lie out in the sun. As soon as the guardians, novices, and the contingent who follow them are out of sight of the kackaroo, the covering is taken off the women by the men who have charge of them, and they are permitted to rise. L. E. Threlkeld. The women and children are also told to lie down, and are covered over with rugs and bushes, some of the men running round amongst them to see that this formality is properly carried out. Their hair would be closely cropped; they would be covered with grease and charcoal, and their whole appearance would be as though they had indeed undergone some tremendous mental and physical strain.I have been told that circumcision was practiced among the coastal blacks in the early days, but during my time at Port Stephens this was never part of the ceremonies, nor was it ever the custom to knock out one of the front teeth of the initiates, although this was done in the early twenties when the A. The toys in our collection were acquired between 1885 and 2018, and are made from various materials. It was the biggest collection of blacks ever seen in the district. Built in partnership with local Aboriginal Elders and communities, GADI showcased the rich culture and history of the Country now known as Sydney City. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 12 Nov 1926 Page 3 VENGEANCE ON THE BLACKS. In this section, explore all the different ways you can be a part of the Museum's groundbreaking research, as well as come face-to-face with our dedicated staff. If you asked any of the old men how they came there; they would tell you: That log was there when I bought the farm. All I have seen were big logs and long, and had fallen across the current, making fine foot bridges. The howling continued all the time. . . hVmo:iNK$ ]z!C;IL}s,9,.EbxX08,vp1 X3?,XcB1#]S;4=>|e~wqbI? Last week we received seven blacks from the Paterson without a warrant or charge, consequently the Bench could not investigate the matter. At the goonambang, a fire lit the centre where a number of elders were sitting. I immediately acquainted Captain Moffatt and proposed to him to send three soldiers, under the Sergeant, or Field, the Constable, to assist in pursuing the murderers. Ironically, it is directly above Baime cave where Europeans first viewed the Upper Hunter, led from Sydney by a tracker from the Wonnarua tribe. Nets are spread in a line upon the ground, and beside them are some coolamins containing water. Turning my horse I rode quietly around the hill and up its side opposite from the camp. An assigned man was splitting timber near the head of Tin Creek, when four blacks came along and watched him at work for some time. . The headman does not take this step on his own responsibility, but after due consultation with the elders of his tribe. News travelled slowly in those far-off days of 1838/39 from this then remote settlement, but as time went on most exaggerated reports began to filter in and reach the authorities in Newcastle and Sydney. . This, I was told, was the end, but to me it now seems clear that it was the beginning of the ceremonies, being the time when the contingents have arrived, and before the final part when the boys who are initiated are taken from their mothers. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer). He told those that were with him, to make the sign of peace with them which they did by waving the right hand over the head and then pointing to the ground. Note the construction of the canoe, and the fact that the man stands and the woman sits. These stalks were soaked in water for some time, probably to remove any toxic properties that might be present and then roasted in the coals. But a Wonnarua Indigenous group believes the project will cause the destruction of centuries of Aboriginal history. These quartz crystals are believed to be the excrement of [Ko-en]. This was to show that they were [grieving]. Robert S Fuller et al, The Astronomy of the Kamilaroi People and their Neighbours, 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baiame&oldid=1103216289, This page was last edited on 8 August 2022, at 21:04. Day broke and the sleeping blacks arose. The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Tuesday 7 March 1939 p 4 Old Days and Blacks. His photo is still hanging in the School of Arts. 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 Flash Tommy used to put on a long white shirt and walk up and down the town saying he was Tommy Gorton. Mr Gorton was the Magistrate at the time. Discover our guides that help you research our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material in the library. 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. Tuesday, 3rd. The Port Stephens blacks : recollections of William Scott. There have been as many as 2OO blacks at the Tillegra initiation ceremony, some coming from the Karuah. Company despatched their small body of veterans time-expired soldiers from Carrington to supplement the civilians, but the soldiers never reached the scene of operations, having halted and retired when within 6 miles of the station, fearing an ambush, leaving the decision to the two civilian bodies, who enacted a terrible vengeance. The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Tuesday 6 November 1923 p 1. There (were edible roots In the gullies, wild- fruits in the brushes. But the blacks remained, and many of my earliest recollections are of them. 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