Myall Creek massacre

Throughout history, mass murders and deaths have proved to be a negative aspect of the cultures in which they occur. The Myall Creek Massacre is no different in this regard. The massacre, much like its American counterparts during much of the slavery period, is a depressing example of faulty reasoning. Subsequently, generations have suffered as a result of the terrible incidents and though processed that prevailed during this time period. What is alarming is that many of the horrific incidents that

the Myall Creek Massacre and the historical significance of Pemulwuy? The Myall Creek Massacre occurred in the early evening of Sunday the 10th June 1838. A group of eleven men, convicts and ex-convict stockmen, viscously slaughtered a group of around twenty eight Wirrayaraay Aboriginal people. They attacked men, women and children who were all either camped peacefully next to the station huts or, inside the station with the other settlers, enjoying dancing and a meal together (at the Myall Creek

The Myall Creek Massacre in Colonial Australia was caused by arising conflict from British imperialism as the greed for land and goods caused the English to disregard the rights of the Australian natives. In pursuit of resources and Newmarket’s, Britain colonised the majority of the world and the ramifications of this have continued into today. Firstly, upon colonising the land, settlers were continuing to ship convicts to Australia, due to America refusing the convicts after the War of Independence

What are the issues of memory and community at the heart of the Australian History Wars? Attwood, Bain, ‘Contesting frontiers: history, memory and narrative in a national museum’, reCollections: Journal of the National Museum of Australia, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2006, pp. 103-114. This article provides information concerning: memories that society wants to acknowledge and pass on to future generations; the manner in which those memories are represented; the responsibility that society has to fully represent

Between 2,000-2,500 settler deaths resulted from frontier conflict during the same period. The number difference is quite large and this may be because the technology the British were much more advanced. There was also scenarios, like the massacre in Myall Creek, which the Aboriginals

The impact of European settlement on the Indigenous people of Australia was disastrous due to many things such as taking land that belonged to the Aboriginal people. Though there were some attempts to understand each culture, it led to various massacres and conflicts around Australia which had caused a decline in the Aboriginal population. Apart from the violence, the Europeans had brought diseases to Australia which wiped out generations at a time and had a dramatic effect on the

No, the Australia has not always been a fair nation. This was due to the settlement, gold rushes and federation. Fair and equal means being the same and treating people equally. During the settlement, Indigenous Australians were treated unfairly; during the gold rushes, Chinese people were treated unfairly and Harvester Judgement in 1907 brought some fairness to Australia. At the time of the settlement, life like for Indigenous Australians was not fair. It was due to unintended and intended impacts

35 peaceful Aborigines were camped near the Myall Creek cattle station when most of them were slaughtered. For the first – and only – time in Australian history, the white gang was arrested and 7 of them were charged with the murder of Aborigines, and hanged. As a result of the Europeans killing their

Indigenous Australians. The treatment of indigenous Australians by British settlers was highly damaging resulting in widespread diseases, exploitations, violence and massacres. Massacres played a crucial role in the downfall of the communities. This is evident as there were 270 massacres altogether by the colonists but the Myall Creek Massacre had a huge impact on the first nations. On 11 June 1838, 11 Stockman murdered 28 Aborigines who mostly consisted of women, children and elderly men, this was an

that nurtured them physically and spiritually, falling to the atrocities now referred to as the Australian massacres of Aboriginal people. The Myall Creek Massacre is infamous for its consequences, after a group of white Europeans murdered 28 Aboriginal men, women, and children in 1838, some killers were tried and hanged for their crimes for the first time in history. The Myall Creek Massacre is a distressing reminder of Australia's provincial violence and gives an instance of modern-day reconciliation