The blue glow of the Min Min light sometimes identified as a fata morgana phenomenon, is also known in the Gundagai area and Aboriginal people were taught to run if they saw it. [8] A meteor seen at Gundagai on New Year's Day, 1876 was reported to have lit up the streets as though with magnesium wire,[9] and over four inches of rain fell in two hours during a dreadful storm at Gundagai in 1885. An enormous influx of the British onto the Wiradjuri lands put great strain on traditional food sources, and destroyed some of the Wiradjuri social and sacred sites. [3] That the Wiradjuri said wirraay, as opposed to some other word for "no", was seen as a distinctive feature of their speech, and several other tribes in New South Wales, to the west of the Great Dividing Range, are similarly named after their own words for "no". The Wiradjuri nation was split and sub-split into many tribes. Trackers sometimes lived in small huts out the back Pathfinders book Pathfinders, A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW, written by Dr Michael Bennett and published by NewSouth, is now available from all good bookstores. [41] Cursed is he who transgresseth the bounds or doles of his neighbour. John 'Genanagie Jack' Gilmour sits at centre with white beard. The Wiradjuri were the occupants of the Mudgee district, as well as of a large part of what is now the state of New South Wales, prior to the arrival of Europeans. Source: AAP, Juukan Gorge inquiry: Pilbara Traditional Owners concerned about the future of their sacred sites. The film describes a field of mutual respect that is the Wiradjuri way of life. Things produced by art and labour, are the white fellows' as they call us." Settlement also restricted access to some Wiradjuri sacred sites. But despite their immense [51] A man was bitten on the finger by a snake in 1929 but couldn't get the snake to let go. The Mudgee district holds many sacred Aboriginal sites and cave painting, some sites with evidence of tool making. Gundagai, Tuesday", "20 Dec 1904 Two Boys Struck by Lightning. Four still stand near Molong at the Grave of Yuranigh. Jessica's best friend (Mary Simpson) was from Wiradjuri. Wiradjuri man Adrian Williams was involved in archaeological digs in the Hartley Valley. There is a large anthropomorphic figure in the landscape at Gundagai. Whatever springs spontaneously from the earth or without labour is theirs also. He said 34 local knowledge holders are helping the government ensure all discoveries are handled appropriately. Numbers of cattle have been killed. Reuss & Browne's map of New South Wales and part of Queensland showing the relative positions of the pastoral runs, squattages, districts, counties, towns, reserves etc. The next thing known of them is that they killed all the men at a settler's place some miles distant, the very place where it was rumoured, the poisoned bread had been laid for them. Their eastern borders ran from north to south from above Mudgee, down to the foothills of the Blue Mountains east of Lithgow and Oberon, and east of Cowra, Young and Tumut and south to the upper Murray at Albury and east to about Tumbarumba. There were over 200 NSW police stations that employed Aboriginal trackers between 1862 and 1973. By subscribing, you agree to SBSs terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS. They extended southwest to the vicinity of Hay and Narrandera. In turn, as a direct result of colonialism by England from the 1800s onward, the current culturally diverse Celtic and Anglo-Saxon origin dominant in numbers population evolved at Gundagai at high cost to the original inhabitants. Specific jin were connected to each section and together they regulated the marriage system [ref]The four Wiradjuri sections, also common to Gamilaraay and Ngiyampaa, were Murri, Kubbi, Ippai and Combo (along with their feminine equivalents of Matha, Kubbitha, Ippatha and Butha). Biami and the others also travelled and created; some stories told of their interactions with jin[ref]Mathews 1895, 1897, 1898; for general information on totems, see Gammage 2011: 125-129.[/ref]. One settler account describes an encounter that took place soon after the Potato Field Incident: Our hut was one day surrounded by a large party of blacks, fully equipped for war, under the leadership of their great fierce chief and warrior, named by the whites Saturday. Aboriginal Places provide protection once declared as an Aboriginal Place, the land receives the same protection under the National Parks and Wildlife Act as an Aboriginal object. [1][54], To the east of Gundagai, local Aboriginal cultural tradition traditionally ran downstream into the Murrumbidgee, then on to Gundagai rather than upstream to Tumut. They are generally to be found near rivers where the softer earth allowed easier burial. [4], Aboriginal leaders Pat Dodson and Noel Pearson; the former Chief of the Australian Army and Governor of Western Australia, Lieutenant General John Sanderson; and current Australian business leaders, met at a remote property on the Murrumbidgee River near Gundagai in September 2008 on the first stages of an Australian Dialogue to promote constitutional reform and structural change for Indigenous Australian people. Oak groves and muses featured in some succeeding cultural depictions of Gundagai no doubt assigned by early settlers who had received the benefits of an education in the classics, such as Charles Tompson, claimed to be Australia's first published native-born poet and whose father had possession of a large tract of land at Gundagai in the 1830s; and James Macarthur son of John Macarthur, Australian wool pioneer, who met up with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Europe[35] and who with his brother William Macarthur had possession of Nangus Station at Nangus, Gundagai. During the digs the team unearthed about 3,000 artefacts, some of which have been sent to the University of Wollongong for analysis. Wiradjuri territory was first penetrated by British colonists in 1813. The image faces to the west and its head is near the Dog on the Tuckerbox area at Gundagai. WebBrungle east of Wagga - sacred Wiradjuri place. [26], Noel Beddoe's novel The Yalda Crossing[27] also explores Wiradjuri history from an early settler perspective, bringing to life a little-known massacre that occurred in the 1830s. Some of the better known and accessible sites include Hands on the Rocks; The Drip; Babyfoot Cave. These were not based on field research and lacked aboriginal support. [by Telegraph.] Saturday, November", "8 Oct 1904 Boy Struck by Lightning. The short story Death in the Dawntime, originally published in The Mammoth Book of Historical Detectives (Mike Ashley, editor; 1995), is a murder mystery that takes place entirely among the Wiradjuri people before the arrival of Europeans in Australia. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Museum stands, the Wiradjuri Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. Darren Wighton and Trevor Leaman are sharing the stars' Written by James Rose (NTSCORP Senior Anthropologist). [45][46][47], Snakes do unusual things at Gundagai such as the eastern brown snake that removed itself from the stomach of a red-bellied black snake after the red-belly black had eaten it. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Mount Minerva is the old name for what today is the hill known as 'Minjary'. The Devil provides him with a single burning coal with which to warm himself, which he then used to lure foolish travellers into the marshes. These cages house trees that were scarred or carved by Wiradjuri people, some as far back as the 1800s, to make tools or to mark significant burial sites. WebThe Wiradjuri people lived within the area that was known as the Wiradjuri Nation. They roamed throughout the OConnell, Bathurst and Macquarie Plains and along the Wambool (Macquarie) River and one estimate, recorded in 1824, numbered 600 to 700 people. (From Our Own Corr", "20 Jun 1923 Ghosts at Gundagai. It included native title claimants and four local Aboriginal land councils. access to external funding grants for conservation and protection works; potential interpretation signage to help inform the public of the values of the site; social, economic and environmental benefits including employment, tourism and. WebThe most easterly groups of the Wiradjuri Nation were the tribes whom Windradyne became leader. He said a proper negotiation would see them keep at least half of the at-risk areas. 139142, 161167, Macarthur, J. Gundagai lore is associated with Gundagai, Australia, a place of considerable reputed Aboriginal cultural significance, with both archaeological sites and anthropological associations related to sacred and spiritual beliefs of the local clan group and wider cultural associations. Gundagai's rich history of song, verse, epic sagas and notable events beginning first with that of Australian Aboriginal cultural heritage then on to multiple other ontologies with the arrival of the Europeans; that are also remembered within placenames and recalled throughout landscape is evidence of the rich tapestry that is Gundagai today. 'Gair' was recorded at Yass in 1836 by George Bennett (naturalist) and means 'bird', as in budgerigar or good bird. They were all clothed with Mantles made of the skins of o'possums which were neatly sewn together and the outside of the skins were carved in a remarkably neat manner. This is because one of the main jobs of trackers was to pursue sheep, cattle and horse thieves. As a result, in 1825, Colonel Stewart formed the NSW Mounted Police. Bolstered by a local settler militia, the detachment began conducting several sweeps across the landscape to restore order and enforce martial law. Following the successful Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth expedition to find a route through the "impenetrable" Blue Mountains in 1813, this allowed the colony to expand onto the vast fertile plains of the west. After 21 days of traveling through 50 miles (80km) of rugged terrain, the party reached Mount Blaxland. The electric charge travelled along the fence wire. The Lithgow City Council also wants works on the section halted until all other options are considered. & SA); Barkunjee (Barkindji) (NSW), Kurnai (Vic. Pennick, N., (1996), 'Celtic Sacred Landscapes', Thames and Hudson, Great Britain, p. 134. Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Northern Territory Indigenous leader, could not be at the gathering of esteemed senior Australians but was kept informed of the progress of talks. They say all wild animals are theirs - the tame or cultivated ones are ours. The ABC understands members of the Bathurst Local Aboriginal Land Council, employed by TfNSW to assist with the digs, are in discussions to re-design the stretch between Little Hartley and Lithgow. Royal Visitors Leave", http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24332900-5013172,00.html, "The Sydney Morning Herald. Many were concentrated in the central-west and north-west of the state, the agricultural and pastoral heartland of NSW. "If there's a road put through here, are we going to have to sit in the middle of a median strip to teach the kids that?" The protective benefits of declaration can be augmented by using other tools such asPlans of Management. Indyamarra Reconciliation Site . They once occupied a vast area in central New South Wales, on the plains running north and south to the west of the Blue Mountains. [by Telegraph.] Wiradjuri people were also divided into four sections. ", Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. It is spoken in Wiradjuri language, with English subtitles, with cinematic imagary taken from Wiradjuri country. Oral stories about these animals in connection to the constellations have all been documented by anthropologists dating back to the 1800s. You can't stop progress,but they're going about it the wrong way,"Aunty Helen said. Tumut Geological Series Sheet 8527, Edition 1, 1990, Department of Minerals and Energy under the authority of the Minister for Minerals and Energy, 1990. identified in Parkes, W. (1952) correspondence between Tindale, Parkes and Hancock, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, ANU Manuscript Collection, D/162, p.96. Broch o' Gurness (Iron Age) and the new in Scotland. After Governor Thomas Brisbane declared martial law the resistance soon collapsed in late 1824. In that context 'Gundagai' means place of birds but that placename may refer to the area to the north of Gundagai not to Gundagai town. [54] Yarri and Jacky Jacky were honoured with bronze medallions for their efforts, and were allowed to demand sixpences from all Gundagai residents, although Yarri was maltreated on at least one occasion after the flood. The Wiradjuri leader, Windradyne, led attacks on white settlers, during which time approximately 20 settlers and 100 Aboriginal people were killed, and which culminated in the Battle of Bathurst on 18 September 1824, where several hundred Wiradjuri people were killed. Morisset, Commandant at Bathurst, thanking him for effecting 'the purpose of the proclamationby the judicious measures taken by you and the other magistrates at Bathurst, the aboriginal natives have learned to respect our power.' Gundagai lore is associated with Gundagai, Australia, a place of considerable reputed Aboriginal cultural significance, with both archaeological sites and anthropological associations related to sacred and spiritual beliefs of the local clan group and wider cultural associations. [9], The Wiradjuri language is effectively extinct, but attempts are underway to revive it, with a reconstructed grammar, based on earlier ethnographic materials and wordlists and the memories of Wiradjuri families, which is now used to teach the language in schools. WTOCWAC said a key finding of an Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment Report conducted in 2018 revealed that Wahluu was likely a place of mythological and spiritual importance to Wiradyuri people. Individuals learned the stories, songs and dances of their jin and were not allowed to eat or damage them. According to Traditional Owner, Neville Williams, when the Wiradjuri party arrived at the compound the gates, they were locked, although workers were inside. [55] It is claimed that the Gundagai community developed a special affinity with the Wiradjuri people and that the flood and its aftermath was the birthplace of reconciliation. [40] Beating the Bounds, the religious form of wards, is still practised in some parishes in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Mount Panorama in the New South Wales town of Bathurst. Placenames such as that of Virgil Street that ascends Gundagai's Mount Parnassus lead to sites in the local landscape that for example invoke Virgil's 'Aeneid', viz there the fearsome cavern of the awesome Sybil lies, Whence came her prophecies. [15], The Battle of Bathurst began on 10 September when a Wiradjuri war party attacked a station on the Cudgegong River, they drove off the cattle before being pursued by the station hands. There was no means of resistance so my father, then a lad of eighteen years, met them fearlessly at the door. In May 1813, Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth set out with a plan to find a passage through the impenetrable Blue Mountains. President of the Gundagai and District Historical Society, Wilkie Watson Publications, Tumut, p.50. [3], This was in fact the land of the Wiradjuri people, one of the largest language groups in Australia. Hills, rocks, waterholes, trees, plains and other natural features may be sacred sites. However, the majority of Wiradjuri casualties during the conflict were non-combatants, who were killed by mounted settler patrols or deliberately poisoned by the settlers. Since the first race, the track has attracted tens of thousands of motor sport spectators each year. [18], On 13 December 1824 Governor Brisbane wrote a letter to Major J.T. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It is the land of the Three Rivers, the Macquarie (Wambool), the Lachlan (Kalare) and the Murrumbidgee (Murrumbidjeri). (, Wiradhuric branch of Australian languages, Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Aboriginal Girls, "What's in a name? The location of Gundagai on a sizeable prehistoric highway, (the Murrumbidgee River), along with the significant and sacred Aboriginal ceremonial ground across all of North Gundagai, and other ancient archaeology, indicates it would have been an important ceremonial, mining, manufacturing and trading place for Aboriginal people before the arrival of the Europeans. [11], Similar to other inland areas in Australia, the Gundagai area has often been visited by tornadoes, particularly in dry times. Its western reaches went along Billabong Creek to beyond Mossgiel. 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