[8], Co-founder of the Gundagai Museum, Oscar Bell, British Empire Medal recipient for services to the community including preserving and recording Gundagai history,[61] and President of the Gundagai and District Historical Society, told of the ghost of a little old woman that alarmed a newly arrived in Australia, Irish pastoral worker named Dennis Kilker. However, Tindale refers to Wiradjuri in his own work (p.200): "Wiradjuri 'Wiradjuri (Wi'raduri)". [5], Tindale says that some of the later terms had entered the literature, although not based on fieldwork and lacking Aboriginal support, as artificial, collective names for his "Great Tribes" of New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday", "12 Nov 1929 Bitten by Snake. [67] The government centre at Swallow Creek was soon abandoned in fear of attack. Written by James Rose (NTSCORP Senior Anthropologist). Put simply, Aboriginal Places are a way of recognising and legally protecting Aboriginal cultural heritage. Well aware that they had no chance against guns, they adopted a guerrilla-warfare approach, in which attacks were made against outlying and undefended stations. Spring Wagga Wagga . [30], The variety of spellings for the name Wiradjuri is extensive, with over 60 ways of transcribing the word registered.[31]. The occupation of their lands and their cultivation began to cause famine among the Wiradjuri, who had a different notion of what constituted property. [25] John Bloomquist, who was camped in a hollow tree on the Gundagai Golf links, was horribly burned and died when the tree was struck by lightning in 1932. Wiradyuri Traditional Owners fear sacred site will be 'forever destroyed' for a go-kart track Image Video Audio Wiradyuri Traditional Owners say a go-kart track For Wiradyuri people, the connection to Wahluu spans much further, with a creation story of a young warrior killed by his brother, which has been passed down for generations. In his journal, Macquarie writes of being visited by three male natives and that "to the best looking and stoutest of them I gave a piece of yellow cloth in exchange for his mantle, which he presented me with". [12][13] There has also been numerous reports of earth tremors rattling through Gundagai since European settlement.[14][15][16]. The highway cuts through the rugged terrain ofthe New South Wales'Blue Mountainseucalypt forests and providesa major freight route from Sydney to western NSW. [39] but is now composed of eight councillors elected proportionally. The Aborigines at Bathurst were noted as being timed, inoffensive and friendly. WebBook online or email or call Milan Dhiiyaan on 0400 409 102. 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. Elder and WTOCWAC co-director Uncle Brian Grant said a more suitable location should be identified. Gundagai, Tuesday", "20 Dec 1904 Two Boys Struck by Lightning. The southern border ran to Howlong. 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Today the great wealth that came to Stewart and his descendants continues to be seen in the form of Abercrombie House that was later built on the land grant. Dance to Weird Music", Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, Northern Territory National Emergency Response, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gundagai_lore&oldid=1106121828, Australian Aboriginal legendary creatures, Geographic Names Register of NSW not in Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 August 2022, at 08:21. The Wiradjuri nation was split and sub-split into many tribes. [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. Members of the Wiradjuri community are concerned over a14-kilometre stretch between Little Hartley and Lithgow, which is slated to becomea four-lane highway. This article is about the Indigenous Australian people. The Wiradjuri inhabited an area bounded by the Blue Mountains in the east, the western slopes in the south, and the change of open forest to grassy plains in the north and west. 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. Book now. Numbers of cattle have been killed. ", Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. It seems that the Wiradjuri were willing to tolerate this slow level of growth and peaceful relations were maintained during this period. Council should consider whether or not it is feasible to re-locate the proposed go-kart track to an area that is less likely to result in harm to intangible cultural values, it said. ); Booandik (Vic. There were at least 18 Wiradjuri jin and probably many more. [37] 'Warramore' is linked to 'Warrawen', which is the large cut in the western side of the Monaro Plateau from near which western travelling geological fault lines begin, and 'Warragong', which is the section of the beginning of the Australian Alps in the Gundagai region upon which snow sometimes falls. The Sydney Gazette described the situation in the following: Advices from Bathurst say that the natives have been very troublesome in that country. It is spoken in Wiradjuri language, with English subtitles, with cinematic imagary taken from Wiradjuri country. WebBrungle east of Wagga - sacred Wiradjuri place. [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. He said 34 local knowledge holders are helping the government ensure all discoveries are handled appropriately. In October, the Sydney Gazette summed up the situation by stating that "Bathurst and its surrounding vicinity is engaged in an exterminating war". [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. WebThe Wiradjuri people lived within the area that was known as the Wiradjuri Nation. Willie wagtails or djirri djirris were known to listen into conversations so it was wise to not repeat confidences. (From our various Corresp", "17 Jan 1925 Earth Tremor. [19] A boy, Patrick Vaughan, was struck by lightning in October 1904 and rendered unconscious for a long time. Krygier on behalf of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, 1968, Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, Australian Association for Cultural Freedom, p.381, National Library of Australia, Digital Collections, Maps, Reuss & Browne. 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. WebThe most easterly groups of the Wiradjuri Nation were the tribes whom Windradyne became leader. For the place, see, Suttor wrote: "These natives have some imperfect ideas of property, and the right of possession. It makes fascinating reading. [36] Jarno is a character in Goethe's, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a German response to the dramas of William Shakespeare. Mr Williams said. [28] Andy Kissane's poem, "The Station Owner's Daughter, Narrandera" tells a story about the aftermath of that same massacre,[29] and was the inspiration for Alex Ryan's short film, Ngurrumbang. 1828, Interview with Goethe, p.181, James Macarthur, in 'Quadrant Volume 12', 1968, H.R. [2], Attempts to cross the Blue Mountains had been made from 1790 onwards with convicts seeking a way to escape and adventurers eager to explore the region. AND WHEREAS the ordinary Powers of the CIVIL MAGISTRATES (although most anxiously exerted) have failed to protect the Lives of HIS MAJESTY'S Subjects; and every conciliatory Measure has been pursued in vain; and the Slaughter of Black Women and Children and Unoffending White Men, as well as of the lawless Objects of Terror, continue to threaten the before mentioned Districts; AND WHEREAS by Experience, it hath been found that mutual Bloodshed may be stopped by the Use of Arms against the Natives beyond the ordinary Rule of Law in Time of Peace, and for this End Resort to summary Justice has become necessary: NOW THEREFORE, by Virtue of the Authority in me vested by His Majesty's Royal Commission, I do declare, in Order to restore Tranquillity, MARTIAL LAW TO BE IN ALL THE COUNTRY WESTWARD OF MOUNT YORK; And all Soldiers are hereby ordered to assist and obey their lawful Superiors in suppressing the Violences aforesaid; and all His Majesty's Subjects are also called upon to assist the MAGISTRATES in executing such Measures, as any one or more of the said Magistrates shall direct to be taken for the same purpose, by such Ways and Means as are expedient, so long as Martial Law shall last; being always mindful that the Shedding of Blood is only just, where all other Means of Defence or of Peace are exhausted; that Cruelty is never Lawful; and that, when personal Attacks become necessary, the helpless Women and Children are to be spared. 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