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Yagan and his people Time line 1788 European settlement in Australia. The fi rst confl ict between the First Fleet and Indigenous Australians occurs at Rushcutters Bay (29 May). In December, Arabanoo is the fi rst Indigenous Australian to be captured by Europeans. 1789 In April, an outbreak of smallpox decimates the population of Indigenous Australians living in the Port Jackson area. In November, Governor Phillip captures Bennelong and Colebee. 1790 Pemulwuy attacks Governor Phillip’s gamekeeper, resulting in the fi rst punitive expedition. 1795 Yagan is born. 1799 The six-year long Black Wars begin, a period of resistance against white settlement. 1804 Hostilities against Indigenous Australians in Van Diemen’s Land increase. 1813 Indigenous Australians assist colonists to fi nd a way through the Blue Mountains. 1829 Swan River Colony is established. 1831 Member of Yagan’s family group killed. Yagan involved in revenge group. Settler is killed. 1832 Settler killed by Nyungars. Yagan declared an outlaw. Yagan is captured. Yagan escapes from Carnac Island. 1833 Yagan is shot and killed. Yagan’s head is sent to Britain. 1964 Yagan’s head buried in Everton Cemetery. 1997 Yagan’s head returned to Perth, WA. Early settlement Indicators • Reads text and answers questions about the relationship between Yagan, an Aboriginal Australian resistance hero, his people and the fi rst settlers of the Swan River Colony. • Considers and explains the different viewpoints of the settlers and Yagan and his people. Worksheet information • Life before European arrival could be harsh but was relatively uncomplicated for Indigenous Australians. They managed their environment carefully and sustained it through climatic changes for more than 50 000 years. Their life began to change with the arrival of the colonists, as the majority of the new arrivals thought the Aboriginal Australians were ’uncivilised’. They did not cultivate the land, build fences or develop farms as the colonists did. To the colonists this meant that Indigenous Australians had no right to the land they had occupied for tens of thousands of years and claimed it for themselves. The effects of colonisation on Aboriginal Australians caused them to commit violent acts to demonstrate their anger at their land being taken over, their food being taken and their way of life being destroyed. • Many Aboriginal Australians began to incorporate the European way of life in order to survive. Their traditional customs and lifestyle was gradually broken down. Contact with the colonists introduced foreign diseases such as smallpox, fl u, colds and measles. These could be fatal to them as they had no immunity and many of them died. • Quiz questions relating to this section can be found on page 104. Answers Page 20 1. (a) 1795 (b) Nyungar (c) the south-west of Western Australia/around the Swan River near Perth (d) tall with a strong build (e) highly respected member of his people 2. The relationship between them was quite peaceful at fi rst. 3. 1. Nyungar/Indigenous/Aboriginal Australian 2. claim 3. wandering/going/travelling/moving 4. fencing 5. crops 6. rearing 7. land/property 8. theirs 9. Nyungars/Indigenous peoples/Aboriginal Australians 4. They began to kill the settlers’ animals and pick their crops. 5. Yagan was declared an outlaw after he was involved with a group that was seeking revenge after a family member was killed by a settler. Later, he was involved in more payback killings. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Further exploration • Discuss why Yagan is considered an Aboriginal Australian resistance hero, even though he was involved in slaying people. • After completing the activity on page 21, students could discuss or write their own opinion about each of the scenes and what they would have done in the same situation. • After the herdsman, James Keats shot Yagan and received his reward, the Perth Gazette criticised his actions and described them as ‘a wild and treacherous act … We are not vindicating the outlaw, but, we maintain, it is revolting to hear this lauded as a meritorious deed’. Discuss why the paper might have made these comments. (Note: Keats left the colony soon after, possibly because he feared being killed.) 18 Primary Australian history R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-687-0
Yagan and his people – 1 Early settlement Yagan was a Nyungar (Noongar) man who lived in the south-west of Western Australia. He was believed to have been born around 1795, which would have made him about 35 years of age when Captain James Stirling established a colony on the Swan River in 1829. This colony was situated in what is now known as Perth and Yagan’s people occupied much of the area. A taller than average man with a strong build, Yagan was a highly respected member of his people. When the British fi rst settled along the Swan River, relations between them and the Nyungars were quite peaceful. They began to trade fi sh and mammals for fl our and bread. However, this relationship was about to change. As with Aboriginal Australians all over the country, the settlers thought the Indigenous people had no right to claim land. The settlers saw them wandering from place to place to hunt and gather instead of fencing off pastures for growing crops and raising animals. They didn’t understand the traditional Aboriginal Australian customs and way of life. The settlers began to fence off more and more land which they considered to be theirs, not the Nyungars. This meant the Nyungars had less and less places for hunting and gathering food and medicines, and for fi nding materials for shelters and tools. Yagan and his people thought it fair that they could kill the settlers’ cattle and sheep and pick their crops to provide enough food for themselves. After all, hadn’t the settlers taken over their land and killed a lot of the native animals the Nyungars used as food? The settlers didn’t see it that way, and, when a member of Yagan’s family group was shot and killed while raiding a potato patch in 1831, real confl ict began. Yagan was with the group that went to seek revenge. A settler was speared and killed in the attack. Some months later, in June 1832, another settler was killed by a group of Nyungars. Yagan was named responsible and declared an outlaw, with a reward offered for his capture. Several more confl icts involving Yagan occurred. Finally, in October 1832, Yagan was captured. He was sentenced to live on Carnac Island, but managed to steal a small boat and escape to the mainland. Once more he was involved in payback killings as more Nyungars, including his brother and father, were killed. On 11 July 1833, two young brothers were herding cattle when they recognised Yagan among a group of Nyungars. One of the brothers shot him in the back. Before the Nyungar people had a chance to perform a traditional burial, Yagan’s head was cut off. It was preserved by smoking and sent to Britain to be put on display. It was later buried in Britain for many years, but, after lengthy, high-level government talks, was fi nally returned to Australia in 1997. It will be buried when Yagan’s grave is fi nally located. www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ® Primary Australian history 19 ISBN 978-1-74126-687-0 ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy
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