Like Dunderdale and Thomas, he did not mention a mythical Highland Brigade and he was clearly not constrained by Gardners imaginary secrecy. [7], Many histories of Gippsland have quaint notions of founding fathers, churches and shires, but the reality is that squatters occupied the region in order to capture a share of the filthy lucre of the Van Diemens Land convict economy. The statistical discrepancies likely emerged because Macmillan's group killed Aboriginal people at five different locations in the area. Many of the stock keepers were ticket-of-leave holders or assigned convict servants. 0000001936 00000 n [41] The conspiracy of secrecy is used to explain why Hoddinott probably with good reason, chose to remain anonymous, as the account implicated Angus McMillan as the leader of this murderous retaliation. a federal electorate was renamed that year. 0000116300 00000 n In July 1843, up to 150 Gunaikurnai people were killed near the banks of what is now known as Warrigal Creek. In Through Foreign Eyes, Gardner quoted the journal of William Thomas, the Assistant Protector of Aborigines. His alleged role in the massacre is a construct entirely of Gardners own making, where he attached McMillans name to the Gippslander story without revealing this to his readers. Captain Charles Tyers RN arrived in Gippsland in January 1844 as the Commissioner for Crown Lands. It is cited in the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry for McMillan, which is in turn cited on the Victorian Parliament website. 6 0 obj endobj It may be student work out of Swinburne. [17], This story was repeated in several of the colonial newspapers but there does not seem to have been any follow-up reports. 16 0 obj One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. Bunjileene was a leader of the Gunaikurnai people and Purrine was the head of the Lowanjerri tribe of the Bunurong. There were simple economic facts that led to this. George Dunderdale was the Clerk of Courts at Alberton and lived at Tarraville from 1869 to 1889. 0000002765 00000 n Warrigal Creek Massacre is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. News; Warrigal Creek doco at the Memo. [50] This raises two issues: first, this is a fallacious misuse of the material; Hatcher said the bones might be gathered uphis might be has transmogrified into Gardners were. 0000001456 00000 n In July 1844 he wrote, I regret however to observe that the depredations of the Aborigines continue and that the small police force at my disposal is inadequate to put a stop to them. He went on to describe how the natives have been very troublesome, killing 90 head of cattle belonging to Mr Sparks, at various times, and many belonging to Mr Jones. They did not find any Bunurong so they ransacked a squatters station instead. 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. [40] Gippslander (1925) Experiences with Gippsland blacks, The Gap, Education Department, Bairnsdale Inspectorate, Omeo, pp 5-6. I welcome you all to (insert place name). [45] Hoddinotts tale thus appears to contain generic elements from the period. The attack on the Brataualung people camped at Warrigal Creek was one of several incidents resulting in loss of life among the Gunai Kurnai people. [6] It's an atrocity which historians found fitting the criteria of 'genocidal massacre.' [3] %PDF-1.3 Shepherds worked in pairs, armed, as if in an enemys country, to resist them; and it was 1843 that ended by wholesale destruction, the massacres at Warrigal Creek and Bundalaguah Swamp, where only one aboriginal was left to tell the story of how they died and the history of his race.[61]. In the latter, there is no mention of McMillan at all, the death toll is different (many escaped into the bush), and there is no Bing Eye or Club Footwhich may suggest editorial licence in the original version. Gardner claims his work is partly political and partly moralistic; he disdains objectivity and describes his politics as left. I asked him if he was not afraid of meeting the Blacks, his reply was, Blks Sir no fear of them now they would run away as soon as they see a white man but there are not many left, he said he had a Brother who had been in Gippsland from the first his name was Bunton & kept a Public house in Gippsland by the Dirty Water Holes & a cattle station joining to Mr. McAllister who was killed, that after Mr. McAllisters murder great slaughter of the blacks took place and that on his brothers station a cart load of Blks bones might be gath.rd up [49]. He has attached his own assertions to his source material without distinguishing between them, and these assertions are made without proof or explanation. Establishing the factual basis of this will require in-depth research to uncover any written evidence before Bells account from 1874, as well as archaeological evidence at locations such as Bruthen Creek and Bundalaguah Swamp. 148 0 obj <>stream His words continue to have influence and have provided a convenient but misplaced source of outrageand how does the community benefit from having negative sentiments engendered on a false premise? 0000116911 00000 n 0000024227 00000 n In his first notes [in the 1970s], he talks about the massacre and, from the beginning of my time here, no one ever kept a blanket over the story. share events with your friends and make the most out of every experience. The answer is in three parts. 5 0 obj The theme for Reconciliation Week 2018 is 'Don't keep history a mystery' Learn - Share - Grow. I sometimes feel scared that there seems to be such an ugly resistance to understanding our past, she says. bHn=Y,8M*[+GwXfi1^yn}vSuvA@pN. The Warrigal Creek Massacre: True Story or Apocryphal? At a quiet bend on a beautiful creek they committed one of the worst acts of indiscriminate killing in the Australian colonies. In a letter to his family in England dated April 1846, the Gippsland squatter Henry Meyrick said: .css-cumn2r{height:1em;width:1.5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;}The blacks are very quiet here now, poor wretches. 0000003620 00000 n These stories contain the earliest known account of a massacre as revenge for the death of Macalister. This National Reconciliation week, reflect on the hidden history of the 1843 massacre of the Gurnaikurnai people at Warrigal Creek. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a77bf3dc11d263ed9065ff8247406b97" );document.getElementById("bc64d4fe72").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. [citation needed] The group of Gaelic-speaking Scotsmen was known as the "Highland Brigade". [42] Elsewhere he states that Hoddinotts desire to remain anonymous would seem to indicate that the telling of the story may have had undesirable repercussions. While we are not personally responsible we continue to live different experiences from these events; some of privilege, some of disadvantage, some unknowing. Bass Coast South Gippsland Reconciliation Group members Marg Lynn and Florence Hydon say they have been left completely unsatisfied: Stage one was getting rid of McMillan, of course, but stage two was totally frustrating.. This provides a contrast to Gardners analysis, which is based largely on a story from a schoolchildrens magazine from 1925. 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. 0000117691 00000 n GLaWAC has been given permission to screen the Warrigal Creek Massacre film at our office at Forestec. Historian Peter Gardner, in a review of all accounts of the massacre, wrote that MacMillan and the Highland Brigade aimed to wipe out all the Aboriginal people in the area. Use your same username and password to log in and you'll be This special screening is being hosted by the Healesville Local Aboriginal Network (LAN), Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA), Yarra . This 50-minute documentary directed by Lisa Gye and Andrew Dodd examines a day in 1843 when 150 Indigenous men, women and children were slaughtered on the banks of what is now Warrigal Creek in Gippsland. The themes in this page may cause distress. [37] Again, no proof is offered. Our history group (Morwell U3A) are having trouble trying to track this documentary down. lizabeth 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. Purchase tickets, %PDF-1.4 % The arrival of the Europeans changed the dynamics of this conflict with the introduction of firearms and the formation of the Native Police. An important part of Australian history, necessary for reconciliation. During this time he collected information for stories that were published in the magazine Austral Light. 0000011274 00000 n 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. McMillan is not implicated in any of the material cited as evidence against him. First though, it is necessary to establish the circumstances that led to the European settlement of Gippsland and the resulting conflict with the indigenous Kurnai people, which is the root of the massacre story. This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the project's quality scale. In Chapter 1 of Gippsland Massacres, he states: There was a brigade formed by McMillan, which according to Gippslander, was called the Highland Brigade, and mainly consisted of Scotsmen who swore before God and their Queen not to inform on their fellow desperados, and to maintain complete secrecy of the affair in which they were about to participate. 2 0 obj 91 0 obj <> endobj In the spirit of this year's NAIDOC theme Voice.Treaty.Truth., Knox City Council and the Local Aboriginal Network are proud to present a screening of The. ~]}.>xxs6s;^^`MjEa 5oA/P;uv!MU~86>>iBTju?#Ghnudlnr\;u?pIyo%# if+;J6fLA,4lMMhn]Zrg b_tr>b$3]wG4?mdw # 7Lw/_Mx+47nY;N9Uvs1;. share events with your friends and make the most out of every experience. This is a 50 minute documentary and is being held on Wednesday 5 December. 0000003570 00000 n from This mass murder was committed by early colonists Angus McMillan and the Highland Brigade. Emotional articles in the Guardian in 2019 parroted the denunciation of McMillan, as did the Gippsland Times in June 2020. Gardner accepted Hoddinotts Gippslander story literally and uncritically, stating that it is completely reliable due to its vividness and detail. Could you help us please? xref Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. 0000003656 00000 n 0000020901 00000 n 0001031115 00000 n Thomas wrote that Meyrick, gave me a most awful statement of doings in Gippsland & tho he stated the utter impossibility of bringing forward valid evidence to convict in a court of law, yet the awful spectacle of human skeletons & pack[s] of bones & report[s] of doings within the last 3 yrs, shows that the Aborigines have been cut off in awful numbers, & the residue left almost totally destitute, in fact he said how they lived God only knew as they were driven to the Lakes & Lagoons where Europeans would not follow them, that the Maneiro Blks (encouraged he believed by the early Settlers) [had] been very instrumental with the Black Police of awfully thinning their numbers that the Awful Sacrifice of life after the Murder of Mr McAlister was awfully reckless & merciless [53]. It also suggests that the squatters were unprepared for the resistance they faced. Balderstone and Irving hope that one day Australia fully recognises the extent of the massacres through a truth and reconciliation commission. [6=ViWy|4X$l`DvNk#F/W/kO>{Z_:/\ 'lrgQvFY+fGQ 4\y~QVG[\^aeiQ>mx2k |#R[?#5M. He was hit in the eye by a slug, captured by the whites, and made to lead the 'brigade' from one camp to another.". Bells account is matter-of-fact and he did not name McMillan or any other person. ]V)cxN:*e%{ZXi8C -[Y1d-ZZ. We are here to help! Create events for free. This mass murder was committed by early colonists Angus McMillan and the Highland Brigade. He stated: Mr. Ranold McAlister, nephew of the allegorical author, was dragged off his horse, and cruelly murdered, on the township of Alberton, his head being so totally disfigured that his countenance could not be recognised among even his most intimate friends, by these harmless, innocent denizens of the wild of Gipps Land . Host virtual events and webinars to increase engagement and generate leads. Presumably he had reasons for both, but he did not say why and he did not reveal the source of his information. This account is much closer in time to what may have happened at Warrigal Creek but Bell did not reveal how he knew of the massacres. endobj It is free to attend this event, but bookings are essential. But we strive to be one people, equality of opportunity for all, no privilege by birth, truly one nation. Just before European settlement, the Kurnai raided as far as Brighton and Arthurs Seat on Port Phillip Baya distance of at least 120 kilometres as the crow fliesand they are believed to have wiped out about half of the Bunurong. 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. [12] The first reported attack on the squatters came in 1841 when, it was said, 600 Kurnai attacked Macalisters run. 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. There are two significant aspects to this story: Dunderdale specifically named Lachlan Macalister as the perpetrator and he added the caveat on the death toll. In other words, by coincidence, Robinson and Hatcher arrived in Gippsland at exactly the same time. Wayne, a very valuable and comprehensive article. Events.com Browse is curated to help you find and attend events you love. Gardner himself refers to Nuntin as the station established by McMillan for Macalister on western side of the Avon River in October 1840. This implied that the other four police were assigned servants, or white slaves, as John Pascoe Fawkner, the editor of the Port Phillip Patriot and a fierce critic of the convict system, called them. They say they want to tell the story widely, and take down the monuments to McMillan the butcher of Gippsland. 4 0 obj From 1839, Angus McMillan tried on numerous occasions to reach Corner Inlet from the Monaro District and finally succeeded in February 1841 when he reached the tidal bank of the Albert River. ktp33#`r[vhJ hR,t%434qrZQ7z In March 1840, twenty Bunurong men from Westernport escaped the supervision of Assistant Protector William Thomas to undertake a raid into Gippsland. Build a site and generate income from purchases, subscriptions, and courses. 0000010851 00000 n He wrote a number of reports on the state of Gippsland to his superior, Charles La Trobe, the Superintendent of the Port Phillip District. Word of the murder was sent to Lachlan Macalister. Inspire employees with compelling live and on-demand video experiences. In an essay on Gippsland from April 1843, Henry Bebb Morris described a mock fight between six Kurnai men using spears, boomerangs and waddies: they are small men, and when in repose would not be remarked for beauty or figure, but under the excitement of the fight they put every muscle into motion, and threw themselves into attitudes which would have graced a Grecian warrior. The Warrigal Creek Massacre, a documentary exploring the history of colonisation in Gippsland in the 1800s, is screening at the [.] [58] Apart from the perverse logic of this claim, it is factually incorrect. stream The reference to Bundalaguah Swamp has previously escaped notice. Required fields are marked *. 5|ya"R=:(O)Y?vM=u(f!ygaR@Dfx*qVhCqE CML@Ishk4 C&YE$A9M#~gyHN#,H^(eC:Z;o=ni!|"V?bx6c49Y+b FyELe_`GGWy&2SpKeQPZY4)OEe Thats not to say they dont exist, but if you have knowledge of such I would be grateful to know it. 0000002096 00000 n The Geelong Advertiser reported the murder: It is reported that Mr. McAllister was decoyed from his station by a party of blacks on pretext of having found a flock of sheep that had been missing, and that having got him to a spot favourable for their murderous purpose, they set upon him with their waddies, and despatched him under circumstances of the utmost barbarity.[20]. Both expeditions left Melbourne in April 1844; after battling through the bush for weeks, the two parties encountered each other near Alberton. [13], The squatting runs were large tracts of unfenced landMacalister had 100 square mileswhere livestock was left in charge of shepherds and hut keepers whose job it was to tend the livestock and prevent it from straying. The creek is on a farm 40 kilometres south of Sale, and 200 kilometres east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland area of Victoria, Australia. Gardner is dismissive, claiming that Some parts of this account are definitely wrong on the basis that Dunderdale referred to Macalister of Nuntin. For them to do that and come up with a shared name was a major achievement. Happy New Year to all. The Warrigal Creek Massacre on Vimeo. >> /ExtGState << /Gs2 23 0 R /Gs1 24 0 R >> /Font << /TT2 11 0 R /TT3 12 0 R Gardner cites this version to confirm that Gippslander was in fact Hoddinott but he does not mention that the two versions contain a number of significant differences. He was joined by detachments of the Border and Native Police. The Author at Warrigal Creek 2016. There is now a documentary on the Warrigal Creek Massacre, near Woodside, north of Yarram. To those who came by jet plane yesterday. One thing is clear from his work: the Kurnai men were warriors. endobj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 7 0 R [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. Gardners cover-up conspiracy theory thus rests on an obvious misrepresentation of Hatchers account. <> And forward if you like. It was made to better understand our country's true history. 0001064425 00000 n The historical record of this conflict up to 1843 is sparse and consists of just a few newspaper reports. new domain, Events.com. endobj Please note and use or adapt the following words. Light refreshments will be available. 12/02/2019. Around 60 Indigenous Australians were killed, and many more were wounded. 0000015443 00000 n The history of early Gippsland will invariably include many intersecting and conflicting narratives. Produced and directed by Andrew Dodd and Lisa Gye. In October that year, ninety-seven Kurnai warriors made a revenge raid into Bunurong territory. [45] Australasian 15 September 1923 p. 55; 31 January 1925; Glen Innes Examiner 31 August 1911 p. 6; Smiths Weekly 12 April 1919, p. 15, [47] Gardner (1990) Our Murdering Founding Father, Ngarak Press, Ensay, p. 40, [51] Stephens, Margeurita, transcribed from the journal of William Thomas; cited on Peter Crowleys website Snow on the Jeeralangs, [52]Adams, John (1990) From These Beginnings, Alberton Shire Council, Yarram, p. 21, [54] Tyers, Charles 1859 Submission to the Select Committee on Aborigines, Government Printer, Melbourne, p.77, [56] Gippsland Times 24 June 2020 (on-line edition), [57] Dunderdale, George (1898) The Book of the Bush, Ward Locke, London, pp.214- 215, [60] County Lands in the Parishes of Bundalaguah and Nuntin, 1857, W T Dawson, District Surveyor, on-line copy, NLA. T*,2$i ,2N0p$ rOE2)Tde$2([X~O`E([HH|MrJSo Balderstones home was built 20 years after the massacre which happened just steps from the front door. It beggars belief that it was accepted as a completely reliable historical source. The culture of secrecy surrounding the massacres was evident in Willy Hoddinotts account (as an anonymous Gippslander) published in the Gap magazine more than 80 years later: .css-cumn2r{height:1em;width:1.5em;margin-right:3px;vertical-align:baseline;fill:#C70000;}The brigade coming up to the blacks camped around the waterhole at Warrigal Creek surrounded them and fired into them, killing a great number, some escaped into the scrub, others jumped into the waterhole, and, as fast as they put their heads up for breath, they were shot until the water was red with blood. 0000888069 00000 n [10], When the squatters began occupying Kurnai territory with their herds of sheep and cattle, conflict soon followed. Gardner concludes that McMillan's group initially killed two family groups at Warrigal Creek waterhole and then a few days later killed another 60 people at the mouth of Warrigal Creek, then killing three other groups at Freshwater Creek, Gammon Creek, and Red Hill. Peter Gardner deserves recognition for highlighting the reality of conflict in early Gippsland. 0000001766 00000 n I learned a lot I had not previously known, and am still thinking about. 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. Drawing on official archives and oral histories that have never died, this is the story of The Warrigal Creek Massacre. Gardners fiction about McMillan, his misquoting of source material, and his reliance on an unattributed, anonymous and generic story truly relegates his Warrigal Creek narrative to the realms of the apocryphal. Chapters 6 and 7 of Gippsland Massacres retell the story. [4] Howitts pioneering anthropological work is compelling reading and provides a suitable counter to many modern narratives. hb``0c`` `01$Q3(f`faPS``e` 0=!E Clq.~Jg` `d``A h! Food and drink refreshments will be offered (meat, vegetarian and gluten free options available). [56] These accounts nonetheless provide evidence of the otherwise unrecorded conflict between the Europeans and the Kurnai at places such as Bruthen Creek. Much has been written about the massacre of Aboriginal people that is believed to have occurred at Warrigal Creek in Gippsland in 1843. 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Massacre [ edit] Your email address will not be published. 0000885516 00000 n Gardner claimsincorrectlythat Thomas was aware of the circumstances of the Warrigal Creek massacre, as he had recorded the details of it on two separate occasions. One was a boy at the time about 12 or 14 years old. [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. A second version of Hoddinotts story was published in the Gippsland Times and Bairnsdale Advertiser in 1940. One man was killed with thirteen spears, his body was mutilated, and his arms and legs were removedthe Kurnai were cannibals. But that creek, Warrigal, has seen unimaginable horrors. His reports correlate with the newspaper accounts in describing the violent state of Gippsland. Originally reported by Robinson as such, Gardner has interpreted an obscure comment by Robinson to argue that it was actually a massacre by settlers that Robinson was covering up. We wish to pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. It was well-acknowledged and put on the register of the national estate around the time., The house was built 20 years after the massacre and stands just 20 metres from the site. One might assume that Balderstone was blissfully unaware of this when she moved to the farm in 1974, but she explains she knew about Warrigal Creek from the beginning. Unfortunately, in Gippsland, his diatribe against McMillan has been conflated with issues such as Reconciliation and Black Lives Matter. 2151 This announcement is all that I know, for a screening at Stratford,. [10] Caldow (2012) p.25; Caldow W (2010) The early livestock trade between Gippsland and Van Diemens Land: insights from Patrick Coady Buckleys journal of 1844. [54] Meyrick arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to anything before that date. At the end of 1845, Tyers wrote a follow-up report stating: since the return of the Native Police to Head Quarters the depredations of the Aborigines of the District on the property of the Settlers, including horses as well as horned stock, have increased to an alarming extentand that I cannot at present suggest any other means of prevention, than the continuing service of the Native Police.[27]. The story was written anonymously for a magazine for primary school children eighty-two years after the incident described, without attribution, and by someone who was not there. This was the cause of great enmity among the surviving Bunurong. 0000017382 00000 n [52] There could not have been a cover-up if human remains were still visible after their arrivals. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> searching events in no time. Intertribal warfare was endemic in the region with raid and counter raid where men, women and children were slaughtered as they slept, and then eaten. The Warrigal Creek Massacre - the documentary There have now been two packed-out screenings of this documentary at Stratford. The newspapers indicate that the murder was not an isolated event and occurred within a wider context of anarchy and violence involving the Kurnai and the convicts. [8], Michael Connor: The Massacre Maps shoddy research, In order to export livestock, the squatters needed a port and grazing land in Gippsland, as it was the closest part of the mainland to Van Diemens Land. <>/ExtGState<>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.4 841.8] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Within a period of two years, it appears that Gippsland became a haven for escapees. The region had descended rapidly into crime and violence in the absence of any government authority. The mainland squatters wanted a share of this market and the Van Diemens Land butchers with Commissariat contracts needed to obtain livestock at the lowest price possible. 0000030698 00000 n @7k_|F_j}t'J'fu_}"Y5Xgx{ps:KQb#wOQ:/[]6Hy They were feared by their tribal enemies for their ability to attack at nighta skill the Europeans were to encounter.[5]. Peter Gardner[1]. Second, Hatcher arrived in Gippsland several months after Tyers, so it was just a tad late to be a cover-up. Your email address will not be published. 4751, June, 1980. [25], Tyers noted that the Kurnai were geographically isolated from all of the neighbouring Aboriginal tribes, none of whom could understand their language, and From this circumstance, the Chief Protector [Robinson] on his visit to Gipps Land last year, was unsuccessful in his attempts to communicate with them. The isolation from the other tribes meant that their fierce and predatory habits have received no check.[26]. [23] Inwards correspondence Tyers to La Trobe 44/1367 p.5 PROV, [24] Port Phillip Gazette 21 May 1842, p.3, [25] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 45/324 PROV, [27] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 46/219 PROV, [28] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 44/2112, PROV; Port Phillip Patriot 12 August 1839, p.4, [29] Tyers to La Trobe Inwards Correspondence 44/1367, p.4, PROV, [30] Port Phillip Patriot 12 August 1839, p.4, [31] Gardner, P. D. (1994) Through Foreign Eyes, Ngarak Press, Ensay, p.45, [32]Gardner (1993) p.58; (1990) Our Murdering Founding Father, 2nd Edition, Ngarak Press, p.28, [33] The Guardian 6 March 2019; 8 March 2019; Gippsland Times 16 June 2020, [34] Gardner (1993) pp 6-7; (2015) Some Random Notes on Massacres 2000-2015 (on-line essay). , Hatcher arrived in Gippsland in 1845 so he was not a witness to before. 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