The men seem to have been attacked singly and in open daylight. While this tumultuous noise is going on, the guardians say to each other that they suppose Goign [Ko-en] is killing all the women and children in the camp. The wattie, however, was deadly in its execution, and there was never any doubt about it when it fell. The Valley was always there. Built in partnership with local Aboriginal Elders and communities, GADI showcased the rich culture and history of the Country now known as Sydney City. The blacks had very strong voices. As I have said before, life was a joke, and the more laughter they could crowd into it the merrier passed the days. The company has spent more than$15 million formulating plans for the project, which includemoving the homestead to a nearby farm, or the town of Broke, 35km away. The inner part, the inside of the craft, would of course be the naturally smooth sappy portion. Each square carries a letter. I have seen it. The illustration above is captioned Natives of New South Wales - Mr Leigh knew them and had them taken from life by a convict. Australian Race 1887, pp350-359. On arriving at the circle they walked once round it, and then entered it through the opening in its wall, the women at the same time going out of it by stepping over the embankment at the other end, where they remained as spectators. Baime has his arms stretched open protecting the Valley. I verily believe that they would have held a shark. The old men who are in the ring with the women, therefore, conduct each mother to her son where he is standing holding the hand of the men on each side of him. The Earliest Inhabitants - Aboriginal Tribes of the District. You can also try the grid of 16 letters. The journey towards the kweealbang (fire place) is now resumed, all hands starting away from the water-hole in single file; and on going a short distance they are again met by the Keerang, who salute them in the same manner as before, and then return to the kweealbang, alnd report that the novices will shortly arrive. Elizabeth and Jack might still conceive . "Government groups or industry might then find it's easier to divide the group because they pick their favourites and choose the people that they want to speak to," he said. If the earth is damp, owing to recent rains, pieces of bark stripped from the adjacent trees, or heaps of bushes, are laid on the ground for the women to lie on. 188.-THEHUNTER RIVER. 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. %PDF-1.3 Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 6 Jul 1943 Page 4 WILD BLACKS. Dungog was the ultimate limit of settlement for ten years or more. It was their only bridge, and all their children went to school over it. What struck him was the wonderful time they kept, and their singing at the end of every performance. It means a place to be shunned. YES, there is a family tree template on Word. The dead were carried from miles around to be buried in these places. make arrangements for the district constable and some others, together with some soldiers, being sent up to apprehend the offenders. The bush abounded with game in the form of kangaroos, wallabies, possums, emus, flying-foxes, wild duck, swans, parrots, pigeons. Any use of the language materials, and historical records, should be done in consultation with the WNAC. The blacks attack on Kiripit homestead was averted by the merest accident. Browse for your location and find more local ABC News and information. I saw the trees tattooed and marked for a hundred yards round the ring, but I never saw any ceremonies there. During the early part of each day, the men go out hunting, and bring home the results of the chase, consisting of kangaroos, iguanas, birds, and other game, as well as wild honey. The men beleaguered in the hut were driven to dire straits, and as a last resource mixed arsenic in dampers and placed them where the natives had easy access to them. % P.S. When he had finished, he returned to the sky and people called him the Sky Hero or All Father or Sky Father. By ROBERT MILLER, ESQ. The boys then went through a strange and most symbolic ceremony. These spirits were supposed to dwell in the bodies of the medicine men. 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. That night they camp in sight of the mens quarters, and each succeeding night they come a little closer, until at last they get right into the single mens camp. The women at the camp, on hearing this, assemble at the kackaroo, and begin to sing and beat their rugs, and some of them dance. I have mentioned that the aboriginals (possessed a keen sense of humor and were marvellously clever mimics. Birds and fish, however, were cooked by being plastered with mud and placed amid hot coals or in a hole packed with heated stones. My Descendant Group was respon- sible to maintain the country on the South to South Eastern side of the Barrington Tops and associated Rivers and Valleys, which run into the Hunter Valley. At Port Stephens, where the tribe numbered in the vicinity of a hundred persons, men, women and children, two totems did duty for the community. No European casualties are mentioned but it said that the Aboriginals had acquired some guns which was the reason for the retreat. The boys are then cautioned by the old men that if ever they tell the women or uninitiated that they have seen this instrument the penalty will be death. The blacks would not, or could not say anything definite of him that one could advance as an explanation of his where- abouts or his potency, but clearly he had some influence, The belief in a spirit existence is exemplified in connection with the burial customs of the Port Stephens tribe. Som e of them were notched at inter- vals along their whole length, or else carved in fantastic patterns. Here the two tribes met and fought. Where the line was rolled the skin of the operative was hardened by the application of hot ashes, and in time be- came calloused, smooth, and as hard as dried leather. About Mr Gordon Bennetts interesting articles on our Earliest Inhabitants just concluded. When these preparations had been made, the next thing was to find out who was responsible for the mans death, it being believed that all sickness wa s brought about by the machinations of an enemy. When such a contingent gets within about a days journey of the main camp, a messenger is sent on to report that they will arrive next day or the day following. 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 men of the tribe, armed with spears, boomerangs and throwing-sticks, would seek out a certain spot where it was known the kangaroos could be found at a particular period. 1 have been informed that in some tribes the blacks use a vine to aid in climbing, putting it round the tree and working It upwards to form a continual support. When these two men get close to the goonambang they gently hit the boomerangs which they carry in their hands against those in their belts, and the hosts answer, huk! It was the belief that when the name of the guilty person was called the corpse would start. Around Dungog the blacks believed when a man became ill with a wasting sick- ness, that one of these medicine-men had crept in under cover of darkness and. The Wonnarua were part of the land. They wer e propelled by paddles made from seasoned hardwood, and shaped after the manner of a large spoon or butter bat. Carrington [on the north- ern shore of Poet Stephens] was a considerable establishment, although declining in importance, as the Company by that time was transferring the main centre of Its activities elsewhere. The men also decorate themselves in their full regalia. The keerang then march right through the line of men and boys, some going through at one place and some at another, the line opening to let them pass. While the ceremonies were in progress, there would be an incessant noise of the bull-roarers (flat notched sticks whirled at the end of a cord to drive off debbil- debbils, keep the women at a distance, and impart the correct amount of terror to the trembling lads who were soon to become men. She was buried by falls side.One of the last of the tribe was buried there some time ago. The old men stretched themselves out on the ground and howled dreadfully. The Wonnarua Language & Culture Archive is owned and managed by the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (WNAC), and it has been created for educational purposes. My clan group concentrated along the Allen and Paterson Rivers and stretched over towards St Clair and the Singleton District. You have reached the end of the page. The womerah, also common M most aboriginal tribes, was used to give further Impetus to the flight of a spear. Our Clan occupied the valleys year-round, visiting the plateaus in spring and summer to gather food. This is known as a bora; a place where boys were initiated into manhood. One man, Green, escaped to Underbank after a flight of over 25 miles; the last spear was thrown almost in sight of Underbank House. Ironically, it is directly above Baime cave where Europeans first viewed the Upper Hunter, led from Sydney by a tracker from the Wonnarua tribe. Research revealing the rich and complex culture of Aboriginal people in the Port Jackson region. The Australian Museum strives to provide First Nation communities with information in an accessible form, about the cultural objects He wished to see some blacks that had been camped near where Brookfield is now, but when he reached their settlement he found it deserted. having no desire to return to her tribe. The site is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is considered a sacred site. . women. I have heard my father say when the blacks lost control of the river, the river lost its fish. 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. We have over a billion unique profiles in our tree, and growing. If the course of performances in the bush have been completed, the boys may be returned next day, but if some further instruction is necessary, the date is arranged accordingly. The Chief Justice recommended the prisoner to the Sheriffs humane attention. . They liked noise. Many of these objects are on display in our First Nations galleries, Garrigarrang and Bayala Nura. For instance, a party of us were preparing to go fishing in Fame Cove under the guidance of Billy Steward, a man who had once been steward on a boat. | The Museum works actively to build links with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to ensure the objects held in our collections are always available to Traditional Owners, to activate our collections through programs that provide connections with living cultural practice, and to deepen public understanding of Australias First Nations cultures. See what others have contributed about your ancestors. Return of the Boys.- A start is now made towards the womens camp, all the men and boys leaving the kweealbang in single file. Another superstition was in regard to the treatment of a sufferer from internal pains. Sometimes a blow on the head er e he fell would kill him, or if he were thrown down alive, those beneath would perform the final ceremony of dispatch. [citation needed], In rock paintings Baiame is often depicted as a human figure with a large head-dress or hairstyle, with lines of footsteps nearby. Venerable men, and men of distinction were buried with much ceremony, but ordinary members of the tribe, and females, were disposed of in a perfunctory man- ner. The new-comer announced hls name and business and within a few seconds the whole crowd were jabbering ex-citedly and happily. The keerango, and other men who remained at the womens camp have been standing by as spectators, directing the proceedings all the time - the principal headmen being among them. A few sheets of bark, leaning on a pole against a tree, served him as shelter through days of sunshine or nights of storm and rain. Mustering the Tribes.-When it is found that there are a sufficient number of boys old enough for initiation, the head-man of the tribe whose turn it is to call the. Sometimes, when a man was wracked with an internal spasm, he would have his wife pere-ally for him, an operation carried out in the following manner. . In times of wet weather when long continued rain (Kueywon) made everyone and everything miserable and gloomy, the old men of the tribe would perform a remark- able ceremony to ensure a recurrence of fine weather. Patersons River, where he died on the same day By Mr. Nichols I had no warrant to apprehend any of the blacks; I know. Lettris What the guardian said, the boombits (initiates) believed. The throwers had marvellous command over them, and could actually direct and control their flight in any direction. The bull-roarers increase in loudness, and come quite near, and the guardians tell the novices to raise their heads and look. See if you can get into the grid Hall of Fame ! The ceremonial break from their mothers signified the first step towards manhood, it was the beginning of an event that would make them spiritually as well as physically different from women. The relatives of the novices now take them to some convenient place adjacent, and paint them all over with red ochre and grease. The next morning the women proceed again to the kweealbang and light a fire. They had knocked down and carried away eight colonial sheep; all the rest were stolen yesterday. The main shaft was the dried stem of the gigantic lily (pooloongearn), and into this was fitted a secondary portion, a part of the dried flower stem of the grass tree (pummirri). The bull-roarer was attached to about 1.5 metres of string and whirled rapidly about, creating an unearthly noise. To signify the religious importance, the initiates were given rock crystals warmed in an open fire and told that these were the excrement of the great spirit Goign (hence the meaning of goonambangthe place of excrement). Arriving at the foot of the hill the men threw down their weapons on the ground, and springing on to the cleared space, danced on the fire with their bare feet until it was extinguished. The rugs are now taken off the women, and the mothers are called up first, after which the other women are permitted to rise. The massacre at Kiripit occurred in 35, and resulted in the death of five of Mackenzies convict shepherds. The mystery bags carried by the men evidently held some significant superstitious meaning, the profundity of which I was never able to fathom, despite careful inquiry on the subject. There was a bora ring on the property of the late Justin Bruyn, on Sugarloaf, and was situated on what was known as Bora ridge. Very carefully was the length of bark separated from its hold so that not a crack appeared in Its tough surface. The clean, white bark was then split into string, and crocheted into dilly bags and such. The fish always travelled from west to east, and close inshore, on the northern side of the harbor, usually making their appearance off Carrington about the time of wo-kercoopa, or high-water. The Kabook and Watoo people of the Gringai clan of the Worimi Nation (The Cook family) have lived continually in the Barrington for over 189 years recorded by the first white settlers 1826, until the present Cook Family Descendants from the Kabook and Watoo people speak the Kattang (or Gathang) language and it has been recorded that they are the last of the true custodians and Clan within the boundaries of the Allyn and Williams river up stream to Gummi Falls on the Manning River known as Kummi Kummi (Place of many Crystal stones), Barrington Tops (Beann Beann), Rawdon Vale, Barrington, Gloucester up to the Manning river down to Cresford the Karuah River and the Bulliac Tugrabakh Bora Ground area, some 13km from Gloucester. Women were not allowed to see drawings of Baiame nor approach Baiame sites, which are often male initiation sites (boras). I was in company with my old friend the late John Hopson on the tableland when he found a stone axe-heart there. [citation needed], It was forbidden to mention or talk about the name of Baiame publicly. Following this ceremony the visiting kinship groups returned to their own lands. As soon as they are covered over, the women keep up a humming noise the same as they did on the morning the novices were taken away from the kackaroo. Long Tommys [wife] picked up a fire stick and flattened Flash Tommy out. The canoes were greatly prized by them and were so fragile that they would not stand rough usage. From this circle, the yuppang (pathway) stretched 550 paces to the goonambang (excrement place). Snakes were greatly esteemed by our epicurean friends, their flesh, when roasted, being beautifully white and apparently very tasty. The young, tender stalks of the gigantic lily (ipooloongearn), was another form of vegetable delicacy, only procurable, however, at certain seasons of the year. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 2 Nov 1945 Page 1 THE BLACKS. We must remember that the majority of these men were convicts and assigned as servants to the settlers or squatters, as they were more generally termed, Some of these assigned men were undoubtedly of a very depraved nature, . In collecting this information, a few problems have been encountered. Wednesday, 23rd 1832]. They were painted grotesquely, and armed with boomerangs, shields and spears which they clashed together [rhythmically] as they ran. They then see two men swing each a goonandhakeea (excretement-eater) on the cleared space beyond the line of fires. The guardians or some of the other men then shout out, as if addressing someone, The boys are here yet! The Gloucester Advocate (NSW : 1905 - 1954) Tuesday 6 November 1923 p 1. On riding about I noticed a large gum-tree deeply carved with hieroglyphics, which I was informed was a record for future generations that a bumbat had been celebrated. Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Sat 24 Aug 1895 Page 3 WITH THE BLACKS. Sir The aboriginal black named in the margin [McCarthy,] for whose appre- hension a reward of 10 was offered some time since in the Govt Gazette, has lately made his appearance in this neighbourhood, and could be easily captured, but as. 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. Before doing so, however, I peered into it and saw only a piece of rock crystal. He escaped the last spear at Cold Water Brush in sight of Underbank and safety. (Vinnicombe 1980: VI 4), was also eaten at Lake Macquarie (Threlkeld in Gunson 1974:55) and in the Dungog area (Ebsworth 1826:71), where it was called Bungwall. The fury of the elements seldom disturbed them. Then quickly it would pass from one to another, and each man in turn would extract a maximum of merriment from its possession. The A. In general he precedes the coming of natives from distant parts, when they assemble to celebrate certain of their ceremonies, such as the knocking out of teeth in the mystic ring, or when they are performing some dance. provided seeds suitable for grinding and baking into seed cakes (McBryde 1976:65), as may the kind of oat-grass seen by Cunningham (Joumal 7/5/1823 ) in the upper Goulburn Valley. The men at Port Stephens did not employ this method the toe-hold affording them all the assistance necessary. They immediately pack up all their movables, and start away some distance to another locality which has been previously decided upon by the headmen of the several tribes, and there they erect a new camp, being assisted in this work by some of the old men who have been directed to remain with them. On another occasion, at a much later date, I came across another initiation ceremony when proceeding through the bush. has publicly denounced the use of the word Guringai. I also gave them a musket. Tips: browse the semantic fields (see From ideas to words) in two languages to learn more. Get Started. There were about sixteen [men] squatting or standing around; amongst them the father, mother, and several of the brothers of the deceased. When I departed from Port Stephens in 1873 to go to Queensland the tribe had dwindled to about fifty members. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Fri 25 Apr 1919 Page 3 The Earliest Inhabitants. He did not own the land, the land owned him. The native name for the Williams was Durabang; the Paterson River, Yimmang. Find out more, an offensive content(racist, pornographic, injurious, etc. 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. Sir I do my self the honor to inform you that the blacks have again commenced committing serious depredations in this neighbourhood. Some with animals, others with birds and hands cut out of the bark. It was isolated and open to attack. Little trouble was taken over their preparation, it seeming to be a point of practice to scorch feathers and flesh into a delectable outer covering One of the most fancied foods was the flying-fox (kundewung), and great was the excitement that prevailed when these creatures were about. Figure 9: A map of the area described. endstream endobj startxref [citation needed], The missionary William Ridley adopted the name of Baiame for the Christian God when translating into Gamilaraay (the language of the Kamilaroi). William Manton, of Karuah, informed us that Kattang with a different twang was spoken at Dungog. The Wonnarua, Wanaruah people 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. Such a camp would be formed on some tolerably level ground near a running stream or water-hole. The settlers from the Williams River side came across to the head of the Gloucester driving the blacks before them while the settlers on this side drove all the blacks up the river and at last cornered them on the small flat above McKenzies cliffs where they shot men women and children without mercy or consideration. "There's differing views and that can even be related to heritage.". Robert S Fuller et al, The Astronomy of the Kamilaroi People and their Neighbours, 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baiame&oldid=1103216289, This page was last edited on 8 August 2022, at 21:04. There were formerly several marked trees, around the goonambang, but they have all been burnt down and destroyed by bushfires. Then there was a big log near Mr. Fitzgeralds or Lowerys, which may have been cut by the pioneers themselves. Until the Great Sky Spirit Baiame opened his eyes'. When the keerang come near, they spread out in a row in front of the men and boys, and throw pieces of bark over them, dancing as they do so. Fans hoped they might learn the identity of the grandfather of John Dutton, the Yellowstone patriarch played by Kevin Costner. I set out, accompanied by Messrs. Donelan, Stacy and Jenkin to Lawlers, and found Delaney very weak from loss of blood, having been speared in both arms completely through one the spear having touched his side. Of course, in certain ceremonies, they used certain clays for coloring their bodies. He then jumped his wedges and thus held them prisoners, and then knocked them all on the head with his maul and killed them. The women were not allowed to go up this path nor approach the top of the hill at all. . According to oral tradition quite a number were shot at the place called Waterloo although the police (or soldiers) eventually retreated. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public). Respect . Fanny implored us to maintain silence about the find, her perturbation being so intense and impressing us so strongly, that we never mentioned the matter afterwards. With equal reverence the [women] looked upon the small wood-pecker hailing his appearance with delight as presaging good fortune while he lingered in the vicinity, busy with his sharp strong bill seeking grubs under the bark of the trees. 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. On account of the novices hair being singed short, and the white paint on their bodies, the mothers are sometimes unable to recognise their own sons. A windows (pop-into) of information (full-content of Sensagent) triggered by double-clicking any word on your webpage. Then maddened with fear under the gunfire they broke hither and thither in vain attempts to escape. Illustration from Notes on the Aborigines of New South Wales - Plate 9 Bull-roarers used by the Australian Aborigines source: Wikicommons. Groups living near the Wonnarua include the Darkinjung and the Wirad They have also attacked Mr Nowlands station, a few miles lower down, and the enclosed from Mr Cook, which I have just received, will disclose to you the tenor of their conduct towards his men. @!Jnm=z9A0h>n~q8FZG7dJNe)u&k3mNImpTyJdqynqM|49z?1Lg9RWy5HBJ4E>+w The tubers varied in thickness from an inch to an Inch-and-a-half, and were a few inches in length. The novices and guardians occupy a central position, and the rest of the men camp under the remainder of the shelter, in both directions. The station teamster, returning with supplies signalled his approach in the time- honored custom of cracking his bullock whip and bullock whips those far-away days were no doubt just as effective instruments as they are to-day in the back country centres of Australia. The blacks had an uneering instinct for spot- ting a tree that harbored a possum. A family tree is a diagram that shows the relationships between people in your family. . Re the name of Canningalla being called after Lord Canning. The women belonging. When they get near the camp, the men, women and children sit down a short distance out of sight of the goonambang. He also created the first initiation site. No doubt the Idea was that the fire would dry up the teeming heavens, and the artificial gusts from their mouths blow the storms away At Port Stephens it was the custom, when some of the boys had reached that stage of adolescence that their admission to the full privileges and prerogatives of the adult men of the tribe was deemed advisable by the older wiseacres, to segregate them for preparation for the ceremonies. The rhizome of this fern, probably Blechnum sp. L. E. Threlkeld. At other times the soldier bird is imitated; sometimes the flying fox [fruit bat], the native bear [koala], the rock wallaby, the wombat, and other animals. Choose from our family tree templates to design your own in minutes. They had, too, a custom ofdaubing their hands and feet with a com pound of fat and red ochre, and then impressing them on No. Anagrams At Port Stephens they called it the poombit though generally it is spoken of as the bora. On the flat there was an oval cleared space with a banked-up margin, and in the centre of it a heaped-up conical shaped fire. Turning my horse I rode quietly around the hill and up its side opposite from the camp. With these birds and animals,usually well trained, they would amuse themselves for hours, indulging in fits of mirth at the antics and feats of their pets. If it is intended to erect the camp only a little way off, the pole is short; but if the new camp is some distance away, the pole is long. The blacks living in the district that extends from just about where Brookfield now is to the headwaters of the Chichester and the Williams belonged to a tribe known as the Gringai. The chase was a big part of the lives of the males, and strange to relate the spoils were usually divided equally among the various members of the tribe. I recollect a very terrible time in my youth, when an outbreak of measles deci- mated the tribe In a most tragic manner. 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