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1804 - South West - view
Dharawal
1804 - North West - view
“Branch natives”
1804 - North Coastal - view
James Webb’s boat again attacked by Aboriginal warriors led by Woglomigh. Woglomigh is known to the colonists as “notorious”.
1804 - South West - view
Cooman Chief
1804 - North West - view
Yaragowhy
1804 - North Coastal - view
Governor King sends Bungaree on the ship Resource to
help with negotiations with Awabakal people at Hunter
River near Newcastle where the penal settlement has been
reopened. Bungaree also is asked by King to escort six Koories from Hunter River
back home. Bungaree stays on to assist Lieutenant Menzies, in charge of the Kings Town (Newcastle). Returning by
foot to Sydney, runaway convicts attack
Bungaree’s clansmen as they pass through the Central Coast
area and kill Bungaree’s father. Bungaree becomes an Elder of his clan.
1805 - North West - view
Yaragowhy
1805 - North West - view
Obadiah Ikin
1805 - North Coastal - view
Musquito,
an Aboriginal Guringai warrior is arrested for attacks on farms on the Hawkesbury River.
He is imprisoned and sent to Norfolk Island and later to Tasmania in 1813. Musquito’s first hand
knowledge of bushranging tactics is used by authorities to help round up
outlaws in Tasmania.
He becomes a leader of resistance and organises large scale guerilla attacks
against colonists. He is sentenced to death for murder in 1825 in Hobart gaol. His final words are said to have been I“This not good for black fulla. Only good for white fulla [speaking about being hanged]. Him buddy (bloody) used to it by now.”