Close to the eastern side of the general encampment was the kackeroo, 40 feet by 29 feet, from which the yippang or path led away on a bearing of N. 85 E., ascending some sloping ground for a distance of 17 chains to the goonambang, on the crest of a low ridge. [Coen] delighted in tormenting and carrying them away when he could get opportunities. Their movements are made as noiselessly as possible, so that the women may not hear them coming. The Wonnarua were part of the land. Choose from our family tree templates to design your own in minutes. There I. saw a large fire burning in the centre of a cleared oval space. My clan group concentrated along the Allen and Paterson Rivers and stretched over towards St Clair and the Singleton District. The attire usually consisted of a kangaroo skin tied round the middle with a belt of fibre or sinews. Tho leader, scanning the. The women would be on the look out for the shining, shimmering mass of fish to come round some wooded headland, and when their shrill outcries told of the approach of the finny prey, the men would rush to the shore. 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. Simply put, a family tree is a record of the lineage of a family. The rugs they used were made of animals skins, principally those of opossums. A census taken by Dr. McKinlay in the early [1830s] showed that there were about 250 blacks in the valley of the Williams. In 1789 an outbreak of what was probably smallpox in Sydney killed many Aborigines and caused a large number of survivors to flee. The digging of the grave being finished, the sexton went to some of the youngest and freshest trees, breaking off the small branches with leaves, and proceeded to line the grave with them, which being done a brother of the deceased was desired to [ensure] the grave was comfortable, which he did by lying in, it in the posture in which the deceased was to be placed. The mothers wave their yamsticks, and when the men and boys come near, the women shout, and throw pieces of bark over the mens heads. The men then dance and jump about in the ring, uttering guttural noises, the men of the new mob calling out the names of a few principal camping grounds in the country from which they have come. Any use of the language materials, and historical records, should be done in consultation with the WNAC. At the keelaybang a camp is formed by erecting a long, continuous gunyah or mia-mia in the following manner. There (were edible roots In the gullies, wild- fruits in the brushes. (HEC). A few days later an Invitation [was extended] to me to witness the great finishing ceremony. The recorded history of the Wonnarua begins in the early nineteenth century when the Europeans settled. They ranged in length from three-feet to three-feet six-inches, being shaped like a club and having a slightly tapering end . . The Australian Museum has one of the worlds most-significant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections, with artworks, technologies and cultural material representing First Nations communities from across Australia. All of them then join hands, each man having hold of the hand of the man or boy on his right and oni his left, having their faces toward the fire in the centre, and form a complete circle round the women. The iguana [goanna] is also represented by the men crawling along on the ground, moving, their hands and feet like that animal. The kackaroo (ceremonial ground) was surrounded by carved trees and bushes. "We don't have an established relationship with Glencore we have an established relationship with every mining company and developer that operates in Hunter Valley," he said. They never smiled nor did they ever applaud. Not only did many of these children die, those who survived were almost invariably rendered infertile, a hugely significant factor in Aboriginal depopulation. I never remember any black starting out on a voyage, however short, without this fire burning. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience onourwebsite. The soldiers came by boat via Newcastle and landing at Clarence Town marched in search of the tribe of blacks. Snakes were greatly esteemed by our epicurean friends, their flesh, when roasted, being beautifully white and apparently very tasty. . They would eat them in the manner of a Mediterranean peasant with his spaghetti; the head would be thrown back, the mouth opened to receive the end of the dainty, and then there would be sucking sounds denoting a fine gusto. You'll want to decide what generation you want to start with. "We don't have a connection to this homestead or to this area at all," he said. He was supposed to possess supernatural powers in other words, to be a karaaga or wizard. 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. he would cry. . Across the range, on the watershed of the Paterson, was another, and an important branch of this tribe with whom the natives of the Dungog district inter-married, and Dr. McKinlay and Mr. J. W. Boy- dell record that these tribes married also with those of the tribes on the Gloucester watershed. . The chiefs and other old irien remain with the wom-nen at the kackaroo, and preparations for the ceremony are at once commenced. Each lad approached his mother, or in default, his nearest female relative, and kneeling before her simulated the act of suckling nourishment from her breasts; this it being explained to us later, signifying the putting aside for ever of all childish things. | The bull-roarers are then given into the hands of the novices, who touch their bodies with them. According to the Eather Family, the Bora ceremony was not held on the Meerea property but at another nearby location. The two blacks named are most intelligent fellows and have great weight with their tribe. The kangaroos that were to be taken back to the camp were usually thrust into the fire and half roasted. The bull-roarers increase in loudness, and come quite near, and the guardians tell the novices to raise their heads and look. The third difficulty is the racist presumptions of some of these texts. THE Wonnarua language is more nearly related . The old father rushed past me, seized a tomahawk, and cut his head in several places, until the blood gushed in quantities from the wounds; another old man snatched it from him, amid commenced upon his own bead. Search for a specific ancestor in FamilySearch. The tail of a squirrel or opossum has previously been fastened on the side of this hole by one of the men, unknown to the boys, to convey the idea that the rest of the animal is within. I have mentioned that the blacks were ver y accurate in the use of the spear, being able to hurl this weapon for remarkably long distances. Mr. Irwin remembers a spotted gum ridge on which all the trees were marked. They were going to the bora ceremonies. After performing Divine service in the forenoon, I left Mr. White to do so in the afternoon, and set off at 2, accompanied by Captain Moffatt for Tellighary, where we arrived at little past five, and slept , there there that night. In referring to the Manning River blacks he mentions two . What was the nature of this preliminary induction I was never able to learn, But their period of probation must have been a trying one indeed. . You can also try the grid of 16 letters. A complete guide to the Duttons, from 1883 to Yellowstone. Mathews, R.H. 1897. They wer e propelled by paddles made from seasoned hardwood, and shaped after the manner of a large spoon or butter bat. Gordon Bennett (reprinted 1964) p6-7. The fitting was done so cleverly that the whole would be as solid as though in one piece. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public). The affair took place on the flat about 100 yards south of Camerons fence. While the covering is being placed over the women, a man runs away to the goolambang and tells the men there that everything is ready. However, it did not tally with what I had seen elsewhere, or had been told by natives whose confidence I had won. On the first night of the arrival of the novices at the kweealbang, some human excrement is given to them as they sit in the camp. 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. These are excerpts from publicly available documents, mostly from the 1800s and early 1900s relating to the Gringai, giving an indication of their customs and way of life. They pronounced g nasally like the ng in sing. The T and D sounds were very difficult to differentiate. One man, Green, escaped to Underbank after a flight of over 25 miles; the last spear was thrown almost in sight of Underbank House. [4], In the area surrounding Awaba (Lake Macquarie) in New South Wales, Australia,[5][6] he was believed to have created all of the mountains, lakes, rivers and caves in the area. When the boys have been sufficiently smoked, their guardians take them away, and they are followed by the other men for about 100 yards. The animal or bird representing the respective totem is of course sacred to the particular person to whom it belongs, and though he may not kill or eat it, those in other groups are free to do so. At a small plain a mile west of the present Cobakh Station the Port Stephens men came into conflict with the remaining body of natives, but the fugitives broke and fled north wards to a little flat on the Bowman River. The tributary mentioned is Dog Trap Creek. Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) madeby UncleCharlesChickaMadden. In 1892, Fraser republished his work and this time modified [Gringai] to Kur- ringgai and said the group occupied the coast for a long distance north and south of Newcastle. [There was] a fight between the Wallamba tribe and a portion of the Kabook (Gloucester, Barrington, Rawdon Vale tribes). The wattie, however, was deadly in its execution, and there was never any doubt about it when it fell. Flash Tommy was almost killed and lay insensible for several days. Elizabeth and Jack might still conceive . "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. Each tribe take their own novices away with them, and put them through the remaining stages of initiation in their own country. The massacre at Kiripit occurred in 35, and resulted in the death of five of Mackenzies convict shepherds. One of the keerang now goes and meets the men and novices -who may be distinguished as the white mob - who are by this time waiting just out of sight, and tells them that everything is ready. The headmen and young fellows who accompany them, are also a little way behind the novices, shouting and making a great noise as they march along. Creating a family tree on Microsoft word is simple and straightforward. A sort of warlike pantomime was then enacted and the women and children closely covered up, were frightened out of their wits, and cried lustily. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. Cabbage Tree Island was literally covered with them then, and I recall dropping fourteen in one discharge of my little double-barrelled gun. was open to attack from the Wallamba and Cape Hawke blacks [who] raided the run and speared the stock, driving many of the cattle [to the]unknown brushy headwaters of the Myall and Crowford to Bundbach, on the northern shores of Port Stephens. She was buried by falls side.One of the last of the tribe was buried there some time ago. 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. One of the first settlers was a man named Nolan, who set out to graze sheep. The young boys were carefully instructed by the elders of the tribe for long periods before the actual ceremonies began. They disappeared in a northerly direction but were pursued by a party of armed soldiers and assigned servants and overtaken some twenty miles away. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley. Stings never seemed to trouble them beyond a shake of their woolly head and a squeak. An astounding example is a 13 million-person family tree created by scientists. Add new content to your site from Sensagent by XML. [citation needed], It was forbidden to mention or talk about the name of Baiame publicly. endstream endobj 70 0 obj <> endobj 71 0 obj <>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>> endobj 72 0 obj <>stream The men at Port Stephens did not employ this method the toe-hold affording them all the assistance necessary. The Earliest Inhabitants - Aboriginal Tribes of the District. When not in use for this purpose the peg was kept in the cartilage of the nostrils which were pierced for the purpose. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. They were distributed over the district in local groups known as Nurra were were located [in villages] at distances about [12 kilometres apart]. 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. This was carefully secured, taken out into the bay, and, with great solemnity, committed to the deep. "It may be that the relocation partially mitigates the loss, but this is not evident in the statements of interviewed Wonnarua people," it said. Discover your family history. By the early 1900s, the word Kurringgai had been adopted by others interested in Aboriginal history and languages and was taken to refer to Aborigines living in northern Sydney. The principal bora ground was in Mr. Harold McLeods paddock and today one can see the ring plainly. Baime has his arms stretched open protecting the Valley. 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. Throughout the Gringai country [there] were many [aboriginal cemeteries]. . This is known as a bora; a place where boys were initiated into manhood. The spirit of Kawal is embodied in the wedge tailed eagle, found throughout the Hunter Valley. The prisoner being ordered to stand remanded, Mr. Nichols rose to state a circumstance regarding the unfortu- nate man which had come under his personal observation. This seemed to conclude one de- finite part of the ceremonies, for the women were not permitted to witness what followed. 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. In my days they had progressed beyond the stage when they used the old stone tool, The tomahawk of the early days was a good deal different from the one in common use now. . The ironbark (teekurah), was mostly favored for making them. After this a larger party rode over to the Bowman River through McKenzIes Gap (Neilsons selection) and meeting with a large number of blacks fought another pitched battle, where Mr. J. T. Grants homestead now stands, many blacks over 100 it is said were killed and also some 12 whites were killed and badly wounded. The tribe had no special leader or chief during my memory of them, the older. When he had finished, he returned to the sky and people called him the Sky Hero or All Father or Sky Father. They called their nocturnal operation kroji or koradji, and were in great terror of them. The Gringai had a great dread of thunder and believed it to be the demonstration of the anger of some supernatural being rebuking them for some impropriety. The women belonging. "The details are horrific Cato [an Indigenous man] was impaled on the front fence of the homestead, the other warriors were hung from the neck," he said. Nothing would be said to the women about these proceedings until the time arrived for making a start for the place of meeting. It was the kinship group that moved within various allotted areas of Wonnarua lands in search of food, and it was only occasionally that these groups would meet to discuss important matters concerning the Wonnarua people as a whole. Thank you for reading. Wong-ko-bi-kan, an aboriginal native, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Flynn, by wounding him with a spear at Williams River on the 3rd April last, of which wound he lingered until the 6th following, and then died. The Aboriginal to-day pretends to know nothing but if full trust can be established it will be found that he does know. 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. Thomas Rodwell being sworn, saidI am a free man residing at Mr. Mackenzies establishment at Williams River; Mr. M. is resident magistrate there; on a Thursday morning in April, about two oclock, I was awoke by two of Mr. Archibald Mossmans men, who informed me on the previous night they had been attacked by a party of blacks, and that they expected before they returned to the station, the remainder of the men there would be murdered by them; the distance between the two stations, is about seven miles; I acquainted Mr. M. of the circumstance, and he gave me some arms and ammunition, and told me if I could find any men on his or Mr. Mossmans stations, to take them with me, and apprehend two or three of the depredaters; I mustered seven stand of arms and ammunition; I and the two men, who came with the information there, went to Mr. Mossmans, where we obtained six other men, making in the whole party nine persons, all of whom were armed save two, and we then went to the blacks camp, which was about two miles from Mr. Mossmans station [on the opposite bank of present day Seaham], near a small creek; when we arrived there, we saw about 20 black men; we divided ourselves into two parties; a blackboy, called Lumpy, who we took with us, pointed out the blacks to us; we had seven stand of arms, which we did not conceal from the blacks; the deceased John Flynn, was not in the same party with me, but both parties were to meet before we went up to the blacks, with whom we intended to speak peaceably. Eleven blacks were killed and the child recovered. It required but little effort to keep the communal larder filled to repletion. She then passed the crossed ends of the cords rapidly to and fro between her closed lips until the blood, drawn by the friction dropped freely into the water, discolouring it to a crimson fluid. L. E. Threlkeld. Starving Aboriginal people began killing stock. As soon as the mothers are covered over, they are directed to continue making a low humming or buzzing sound, in order that they may not hear the guardians taking away the novices. Two fled south, one of whom (an elderly man) was overtaken early in the pursuit; the other a man named Green traversed the wild mountain[s] .. of the Upper Gloucester, Monkerai, Wangat and Chichester Rivers, resting only to fly again from the sounds of his relentless dusky pursuers. As in fact they did at Wattenbakh, on the Barrington River, where they killed seven of the shepherds. The business of fishing was per- haps the most important of all to the natives. The spot where the fire had seen being now cool, the embers and ashes were levelled and boughs were brought and disposed of in the middle of the circle. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 12 Apr 1910 Page 3 (TO THE EDITOR.). 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. It is sometimes suggested that Baiame was a construct of early Christian missionaries, but K Langloh Parker dated belief in Baiame to (at latest) 1830, prior to missionary activity in the region. Very carefully was the length of bark separated from its hold so that not a crack appeared in Its tough surface. They went into the water-hole one after the other, and came out in the same way. Find the information or skills you need to uncover who you are. No return was made to this, and on repeating the sign an answer was returned in a loud and as it seemed menacing tone. The principal headman then walks along the row of novices, bending down the head of each one until his chin is resting on his breast. A row of wooden forks, about 4 or 5 feet high, are first inserted in the ground, and saplings laid from fork to fork, resembling a fence with only one top rail. Good temper pervaded their whole conduct, and it was hard to put any of them out of countenance. When a death took place there was great weeping and wailing. 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. Sharks were about the only thing the blacks feared in the water. 27 Philip Street Sydney N. S. Wales 1820. would be launched, wreaking deadly destruction in the ranks of the unsuspecting prey. There was also a fear of certain localities for no given reason; there was the disincli- nation to do certain things at certain times; there was the strange refusal to speak of, or mention the name of one that had passed away. Of course, the poor devils paid very dearly for this as the whites practically massacred the whole lot of them at MacKenzie Cliffs (Kerripit River), in 38. At this stage the coverings were removed from the women, all of whom were covered in perspiration, as much the sweat of fear probably as of the heat of the day. Before the advent of the whites to the district it was death for a man to speak to her, and for many years after settlement was first established the punishment was a temporary banishment from the camp. A. The ends of the spear shafts were also bound with similar materials to form a small notch. describes how a band of blacks stole a child, the daughter of a Mrs. Easterbrook, whose husband was a clerk of the A.A. Company at Stroud. In an article The Kattang, (kutthung) or Worimi: An Aboriginal Tribe by W. J Enright March 1932 Mankind p. 76) [Enright states]. Turning their attention from the cattle raid, the blacks attacked the hut where the A. 87 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<094F16A5768ACBD411B1DAC73AF11856>]/Index[69 33]/Info 68 0 R/Length 87/Prev 88046/Root 70 0 R/Size 102/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream After being prepared by their families, the boys were now ready to experience the transition from boyhood to manhood. Each messenger on arriving at his destination would be received in the manner already described, and would hand the bull-roarer to the head-man, who would take charge of it, and the tails would be distributed to the men to whom they had been sent. As previously stated, it was the function of selected women special- ly dedicated to the fishing ; to pre. The lads of the tribe were my playfellows. While the women used the lines, the men mostly fished with the spear, and they were extraordinarily skilful. When baked in the ashes these yams were very palatable; and we, as children partook of them on every occasion that offered. Many of these objects are on display in our First Nations galleries, Garrigarrang and Bayala Nura. Bark was then carefully placed over the body. But a different local Indigenous group said Indigenous oral history did not prove a massacre at Ravensworth occurred. 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). A long neck of land formed by the junction of a creek with the river [near Gresford] was the place chosen as that of interment. 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. There were about sixteen [men] squatting or standing around; amongst them the father, mother, and several of the brothers of the deceased. [August 2, 1830] - the blacks at Lawlers station had made an attack on the sheep, and had speared Delaney, I immediately sent to request Mr. Donelan to. See what others have contributed about your ancestors. The novices are also forbidden to eat certain kinds of food until relieved from this restriction by the old men. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tuesday 25 March 1919 p3. When the grave, which was very neatly dug with the rudest implements, was considered to be of sufficient depth a man got into it and tried it by lying down at full length. The [shelters were] merely a few sheets of bark placed against a convenient log, or bushes roughly planted alongside some huge forest giant. The mothers of the novices are painted with red and white stripes on the face, chest and arms. They, too, were buried at Violet Hill. Figure 11: The various tree-markings described. 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. The day after the arrival of the Keeranga-or it may be in a few days time-very early in the morning, perhaps before. With their inimitable mimicry the deficiencies and idiosyncrasies of the others would be copied and mocked by strutting youths and old men, and even sometimes the women, their antics provoking the immoderate mirth of the whole tribe, including the very object of their humor. But a Wonnarua Indigenous group believes the project will cause the destruction of centuries of Aboriginal history. Shortly there was. Built in partnership with local Aboriginal Elders and communities, GADI showcased the rich culture and history of the Country now known as Sydney City. Finally the initiates were sent out into the bush, to prove their capabilities as hunters and men. of the same class ran off together they were punished by death if captured.A man was not permitted to speak to his wifes mother and could only do so through a third party. to the new mob also started from where they had been sitting down, as soon as their men started for the goonambang, and proceeded direct to the main camp, where they joined the women of the hosts. Groups living near the Wonnarua include the Darkinjung and the Wirad Baime also created Kawal (Ka-wal), to watch over the Wonnarua people. 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. Figure 12: The men and novices silently surround the women at the Kweealbang. 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. The mysticism of the event was incomprehensible to them at this point, and complete trust in their guardian was all they had. 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. To this, as the present means of quieting them, I was obliged to accede. The fear that this race inspired in the natives of localities adjoining their boundaries reached as far as Dungog, and twenty years ago when Brandy was the last of his tribe in the district he would often mention with apparently genuine fear, the possibility of a raid by the wild blacks from the west. The headman does not take this step on his own responsibility, but after due consultation with the elders of his tribe. They never seemed to tire of the diet, and the schools of mullet yielded them more than enough for their wants during the period they would be in the harbor. At this camp there are pantomimic performances nearly every night, the men dancing and acting on the clear space already described. The novices are then put back in their former places, and the keerang proceed to erect their quarters, by adding to one end of the same line of forks and bushes already described. The wordgames anagrams, crossword, Lettris and Boggle are provided by Memodata. Even the casual white man, uninitiated Into the ways of the chase, could have gleaned a living with little difficulty in that land of milk and honey. The last of their kings died only some four years ago, a fine, manly old fellow. 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