Warrigal Creek

Warrigal Creek is a creek and area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Warrigal Creek massacre

In July 1843 Ronald Macallister was killed by Aborigines near Port Albert. To avenge his death a party of whites led by a Scottish settler and pastoralist attacked a group of Aborigines. It is thought that perhaps 60 people were killed in this action, although historians believe this is an exaggeration.^[1] After an escalation of killing between settlers and Aborigines an uncertain number of Aborigines were killed at Warrigal Creek, one of the Gippsland massacres. The massacre was led by Scotsman Angus McMillan, leading a company of the Highland Brigade. Though the number of deaths is unknown, it is thought to be at least 150.

References

↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070901193558/http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/archive_details_list.php?article_id=963

External links

http://web.archive.org/web/20070901193558/http://www.quadrant.org.au/php/archive_details_list.php?article_id=963

Bibliography

The Book of the Bush
"The Settling of Gippsland - A Regional History", by Patrick Morgan, published by Gippsland Municipalities Association, Traralgon, 1997 ISBN 0-646-33857-9
Gardner, Peter, 'The Warrigal Creek massacre', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, pp. 47–51, June, 1980.

Coordinates: 37°40′14″S 146°39′57″E / 37.67056°S 146.66583°E / -37.67056; 146.66583

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, June 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.