Indeed it seemed almost im- possible to hit a black with lance or missile if he had his cooreel in his hand. I have heard my father say when the blacks lost control of the river, the river lost its fish. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. The novices are now given a new name, and are permitted to mix with the men, but must not go among the women until they have attended a few more keeparras, and have lost their boyish voice. One subject that has interested me for years is the way big- logs were across the Williams River; one, and often two, on each of the smaller farms. Discover your story through inspiring classes and speakers from all over the globe. The Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1999 and represents the Wonnarua people. It was the belief that when the name of the guilty person was called the corpse would start. They then march on quickly, and on arriving at the kweealbang they disband, the men and novices belonging to each tribe taking up their position on the side which is in the direction of their country. The Port Stephens blacks : recollections of William Scott. For the most part full dress consisted of a possum-fur belt, with narrow strips of skin pendant there from both in front and at the back. The Wonnarua were part of the land. Eather, and a description of the last combined Bora ceremony on the family property in 1852. The other method of securing fish was by spearing them. On the bank of the Kerripit almost in front of the homestead at Stobo lie the remains of these old-time shepherds. The boombits were seated on some bushes that were placed in the inside of the ring, near the side that was nearest to their country, and told to put their heads between their knees. What huge quantities of fish these blacks could eat! The bearer, John McIntosh, ranger for our Association, will conduct any party that you will be pleased to send in the direction they are reported to be in. Charms were worn round the neck and consisted of shells, seeds, pieces of quartz, etc. The men belonging to the local tribe and other mobs, if any, who have arrived previously - who may be called the hosts, repair from the main camp to the goonambang, and sit down within it, having their faces turned in the direction of the camp. With this seemingly in- effective guard, they could ward of with extraordinary dexterity spears and stones hurled at them from any angle. Mr Stacy did not think the wounds dangerous. Sir I feel called on, and do myself the honor, to state to you for the informa- tion of His Excellency the Governor, that there are now residing on the Manning River upwards of 400 persons without protection or instruction of any kind, governed solely by lynch law. They had knocked down and carried away eight colonial sheep; all the rest were stolen yesterday. The men and boys then change their position, and all march abreast. One [researcher] described Frasers work as most unsatisfactory and unquestion- ably the most inaccurate and garbled account ever published about the Aborigines. Despite this demolition of Frasers credentials and abilities, the word Guringai wasnt demolished with its authors reputation and it was picked up from time to time until it became widely accepted as the name for the original inhabitants of northern Sydney or of their language. At various times they were ordered to assume uncomfortable positions and to remain so until the sun crossed the sky. An document named Vocabulary of the Upper Allyn Blacks author unknown circa 1845 State Library of New South Wales (VAR). Learn more about this lands First Nations peoples and cultures. Then the mothers go back to their own quarters, and the novices are taken by their guardians a short distance away, where they make a camp. The novices are then helped to their feet, and are taken to each of the marked trees in succession. Howitt and Fraser refer to the people of that district as the Gringai. There appears to be clear evidence that the Worimi occupied the country bounded by the seashore from the Manning as far south as Norah Head and possibly to the Hawkesbury. This noise is made so that if the string of one of the bull-roarers should break - which sometimes happens - the women would not hear it falling on the ground. . Ms Ley said a decision on the application would be made "in the near future". The seeds of Zamia spiralis [a species of cycad] were soaked in a creek or swamp for several weeks, pounded and then roasted (Threlkeld in Gunsom 1974:55; Backhouse 1843:380). The chiefs and other old irien remain with the wom-nen at the kackaroo, and preparations for the ceremony are at once commenced. It may be taken generally that sickness of all kinds was believed to be caused by the incantations and magic of the koradjis or medicine men of hostile tribes. The markings as those who have seen the figures of early-day blacks will know when finalised were quite a white and weird color. Grass never grows on the bora ring. . on which a few embers were always burning. The blacks attack on Kiripit homestead was averted by the merest accident. All the men and women then disperse into the camp, and the strangers commence erecting their quarters. The Aboriginal to-day pretends to know nothing but if full trust can be established it will be found that he does know. The Blacks of Dungog, Port Stephens and Gresford. Billy Barlow once explained to me how this remarkable marking was done. The kackaroo (ceremonial ground) was surrounded by carved trees and bushes. White men never put them there. Tho leader, scanning the. Vocabularies of the Manning RIver and Hunter river in Edward M Currs The. All of them then join hands, each man having hold of the hand of the man or boy on his right and oni his left, having their faces toward the fire in the centre, and form a complete circle round the women. In response to the PCWP's application for Aboriginal heritage protection, she appointed an independent anthropologist to prepare a wide-ranging report. McKenzies CLIFFS A TRAGEDY OF 1838. The weight and strength of the whole spear was regulated according to the purpose for which It was specifically intended, thus the heaviest of them were utilised only for spearing the big sea mullet which swarm into the harbor in countless millions at certain seasons of the year. The cause of it was Flash Tommy. He collected money from the whites who were watching the performance, and when asked what he was going to do with the money by Long Tommy, a black who worked at Irwins, he said he was going to keep it. I believe the blacks had a story about them, but I do not know it. The Dutton Family Tree, Explained. The headmen are walking about directing the proceedings, being sometimes in the ring, and sometimes outside of it. of the same class ran off together they were punished by death if captured.A man was not permitted to speak to his wifes mother and could only do so through a third party. The mysticism of the event was incomprehensible to them at this point, and complete trust in their guardian was all they had. The fish after being cleaned appeared as though, it had just come out of the water. Marsupials were in abundance among the ridges and on the flat lands; there were birds In the trees and on the swamps. The settlers of Port Stephens, reinforced by the small body of time expired soldiers, retained by the A.A. Coy, proceeded direct to the scene.. . 69 0 obj <> endobj Snatching fire-sticks from the camp fire, they would hurl the blazing brands in the air, presumably at the clouds (yarreel), at the same time puffing loudly with the mouth (kurracar). Another favorite food was the cobra found in decaying logs on the banks of the tidal watercourses. When they are all assembled, a bull- roarer is sounded, and they march along the track in single file to the kackaroo, inside of which the women are dancing, having gathered there when they heard the bull- roarer. The women twisted this fibre to the required thickness and length by rolling it on the front part of the thigh with the hands. There were formerly several marked trees, around the goonambang, but they have all been burnt down and destroyed by bushfires. . This was done and Mr. Donelan accompanied me himself to Stroud, while the constables and soldiers went by water to Booral. There is one chorus that I well remember, for it was sung nightly, over and over again, by the whole tribe. 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. These men, armed with their boomerangs and nulla-nullas, then start towards the kackaroo, some of them taking up their position on one side of the ring, and some on the other, but the majority of them stand near the front of it-that is, on the side from which the path emerges. The blacks murdered all Nolans shepherds, and to deal with them a detachment of soldiers was sent up from Sydney. Find the information or skills you need to uncover who you are. [1], The Gringai are a known clan of the Wonnarua people, whose traditional lands are the Allyn River valley,[9] and include what is now known as Dungog, Paterson, Gresford, Brookfield,[7] Tocal,[10] to the headwaters of the Williams and Chichester rivers. I was present at [a corroboree] 55 years ago with the rest of our family. Responsibility . This proved to be the case. The rhizome of this fern, probably Blechnum sp. Shortly there was. . 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. The top, fitted into this slot, would be made firm with cords of animal sinews or flbre ( and coated oyer with gum from the grass-tree. The Baiame story tells how Baiame came down from the sky to the land and created rivers, mountains, and forests. It was this ordeal that tested their physical and emotional abilities almost to breaking point. Figure 6: Richard Browne (17711824) The illustration above is captioned Niga, Fishing in the surf with his Mutton / Burgon. Family tree diagrams have the same basic design. The men also decorate themselves in their full regalia. From E. M. McKinlay, Esq., J.P., and C. L. Brown, Esq., Magistrates in the District of Dungog 1845:- https://goo.gl/UqHQ93 :p27. 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. He then jumped his wedges and thus held them prisoners, and then knocked them all on the head with his maul and killed them. By some unerring instinct the blacks knew to within a day when the first of the great shoals would appear through the heads. In an article The Kattang, (kutthung) or Worimi: An Aboriginal Tribe by W. J Enright March 1932 Mankind p. 76) [Enright states]. So long as it wa s well warmed in the fire they would eat it with avidity. On the way they paint their bodies with powdered charcoal, obtained by burning the bark of the apple tree or bloodwood, and mixing it with grease. 4.- To sexual intercourse with the whites at a very tender age, excessive venery, syphilis, and intemperance ; the diminution in births is most remarkable 11.- There are three half-caste children and one grown up girl in this district ; the children life with, and after the manner of the aborigines ; the girl referred to resides with a family in the neighbourhood, and is very tractable. Other blacks buried there were Nancy Green, Flash Jack, and Albert Brandy, the last of the tribe, died over Singleton way. In the course of time, they were, therefore, thoroughly disciplined and properly trained. Today 8.3% or 2,033 people in Singleton identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in the 2021 Census. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954). Hence the name Baal Belbora. It is situated on the right bank of the Manning, a few miles from its source the source of the Manning being on the north-eastern slopes of Polblue. About the Wonnarua, by James Miller contains more information about the Wonnarua. On the eventful morning I went to the place indicated, where I found about two hundred of the tribesmen differently, but tastefully, painted in red, white, and yellow, and armed to the teeth. Throughout the Gringai country [there] were many [aboriginal cemeteries]. The triangle icon that indicates to play. The upper stone was a water- worn basalt pebble flattened on one side only from use: It was used for grinding seeds, including those of the Kurrajong and it is the first I have seen from eastern New South Wales. 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. The mothers and sisters of the novices generally give vent to tears and lamentations when they find the boys and all the men gone away; and such of the young girls and boys who have never been to a keeparra before, appear to have been very much scared, by the strange ordeal through which they have just passed. It was there in the Dreaming, though mountains, trees, animals and people were not yet formed. All rights reserved. Many of these objects are on display in our First Nations galleries, Garrigarrang and Bayala Nura. Here the mothers and sisters of the novices assemble every day for the purpose of singing and dancing, and on these occasions the mothers carry the yamsticks, ornamented with bunches of leaves tied on their ends, already referred to. 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. The blacks mistook the whip cracks for gun shots, and made tracks for safety. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Tue 12 Apr 1910 Page 3 (TO THE EDITOR.). The Blacks of Dungog, Port Stephens and Gresford. The men stood behind beating boomerangs. (R`u'mnyp@=F`PftG; f0+v~qcBd;I{vs>;[ \LX[ 'uEq?~T-I3OQZEpY3q=SBNX_> $Cwo,L"V1*E 9FC%dS.J$y^,xg"z Cf`#?\%)K9*L=JE. [citation needed], The missionary William Ridley adopted the name of Baiame for the Christian God when translating into Gamilaraay (the language of the Kamilaroi). A small collection from a cultural giant, discover the objects from China held in the Australian Museum's World Cultural Collection. Nature appeared to have safeguarded them In her own Inscrutable fashion against most of the ailments that afflict civilised man but she had not prepared them against the diseases that the white man brought in his train. ?D*1q4"'7fw +3k I |`! Before 1788 it covered 90% of the country and comprised about 300 languages. [The] vessels enabled many a meal to be obtained by the fisherwomen when the great schools of fish were not in evidence. When I approached an old man was digging the grave, which was a most laborious task, the ground being very hard, and the only tools used for the purpose a tomahawk. The Earliest Inhabitants - Aboriginal Tribes of the District. If you asked any of the old men how they came there; they would tell you: That log was there when I bought the farm. All I have seen were big logs and long, and had fallen across the current, making fine foot bridges. Naturally they avoided as much as possible the necessity of going through this process. Now such doings as have been reported of Mr F t (and I can prove that on one occasion lately he said in presence of some white people, when a poor blackfellow came and insisted on taking home his wife, that he would not give her up although the Governor himself came in person and ordered it). The men had as theirs the tiny bat that flies about at dusk, and this little winged sprite was re-garded with deep veneration. Thomas Rodwell being sworn, saidI am a free man residing at Mr. Mackenzies establishment at Williams River; Mr. M. is resident magistrate there; on a Thursday morning in April, about two oclock, I was awoke by two of Mr. Archibald Mossmans men, who informed me on the previous night they had been attacked by a party of blacks, and that they expected before they returned to the station, the remainder of the men there would be murdered by them; the distance between the two stations, is about seven miles; I acquainted Mr. M. of the circumstance, and he gave me some arms and ammunition, and told me if I could find any men on his or Mr. Mossmans stations, to take them with me, and apprehend two or three of the depredaters; I mustered seven stand of arms and ammunition; I and the two men, who came with the information there, went to Mr. Mossmans, where we obtained six other men, making in the whole party nine persons, all of whom were armed save two, and we then went to the blacks camp, which was about two miles from Mr. Mossmans station [on the opposite bank of present day Seaham], near a small creek; when we arrived there, we saw about 20 black men; we divided ourselves into two parties; a blackboy, called Lumpy, who we took with us, pointed out the blacks to us; we had seven stand of arms, which we did not conceal from the blacks; the deceased John Flynn, was not in the same party with me, but both parties were to meet before we went up to the blacks, with whom we intended to speak peaceably. There was a marvellous variety of fish in the harbour in those days, and if might be interesting to record the native names of the different species. I have some old records of the A.A. Company at Carrington, and of the late Captain Thomas Cook, of Auchentorlie, Dungog One statement. All these operations are carried out as speedily as practicable, so as not to keep the women - some of whom have infants at their breasts - any longer under such rigorous concealment than is necessary. Sunday, 9th June. When nearly through, smoke would begin to rise, whereupon the efforts of the operator would be re-doubled. The digging of the grave being finished, the sexton went to some of the youngest and freshest trees, breaking off the small branches with leaves, and proceeded to line the grave with them, which being done a brother of the deceased was desired to [ensure] the grave was comfortable, which he did by lying in, it in the posture in which the deceased was to be placed. Having long, prehensile toes they would use them as a white man does his fingers to grasp the object needed and thus would rise it to within reach of the hands. 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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. [11] As at 2009, the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (WNAC) had three arrangements in place under Native Title and was planning to develop more. Australian Indigenous family. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley. According to the Eather Family, the Bora ceremony was not held on the Meerea property but at another nearby location. It was their only bridge, and all their children went to school over it. Ironically, it is directly above Baime cave where Europeans first viewed the Upper Hunter, led from Sydney by a tracker from the Wonnarua tribe. They had to fend for themselves. This also made it easier for the maker to scrape the billet down to the required thick- ness with the crude tools at his command. The boys then went through a strange and most symbolic ceremony. The fire got rid of those. . Dungog is a corruption of Toongang, the blacks name for the locality [that] means bare hill.. The Gringai had a great dread of thunder and believed it to be the demonstration of the anger of some supernatural being rebuking them for some impropriety. One would he deputed to climb for the quarry, and with his tomahawk would set about making toe-holds In the bark up the straight bole. One or more of the tribes who intended, to be present may have been unavoidably detained on the way, and do not reach the main camp until a few days after the novices have been taken away. Magistrates of the Dun- gog District, responding to an 1845 survey, recorded that the diminution in births was most remarkable, attributing the decline to sexual intercourse with the whites at a very tender age. When one of these messengers arrives at the camp of the tribe he has been directed to summon, he sits down in sight of the mens quarters, and some of them go over to him, knowing by his manner that he is the bearer of news to their tribe. This left a white, flax- like fibre, very tough and strong. The women would be on the look out for the shining, shimmering mass of fish to come round some wooded headland, and when their shrill outcries told of the approach of the finny prey, the men would rush to the shore. This was carefully secured, taken out into the bay, and, with great solemnity, committed to the deep. in that locality. . The Wonnarua Language & Culture Archive is owned and managed by the Wonnarua Nation Aboriginal Corporation (WNAC), and it has been created for educational purposes. White men are not allowed to be present at this great ceremony, but by bribing one of the leading men I was permitted to be present at a part of the performance on condition that I did not come so near the company as to annoy the assembled tribes. Since those times the flying-fox has changed his habits considerably much to the loss of orchardists and those that cultivate fruit. The woman about to be married made a camp and a fire, to which the man was led by his father or any old man of the tribe. . When the Wonnarua see the wedge tailed eagle, they know Kawal is looking over them, protecting them. Find your family in the world's largest shared family tree. They learned to track the native animals, became wise in the ways of fish and bird, and made a game of life generally. The bull-roarers increase in loudness, and come quite near, and the guardians tell the novices to raise their heads and look. Hall and Mr. Darch followed them soon after, the whole party intending to go on to Gloucester to-night, as soon as the moon rises. Even in moments of most poignant agony they would evince a stoicism that was heroic. used or I believe ever heard of by our blacks. bUB 3H LB[ *Lzp+Fi= Never at any time could we get them to men- tion the name of anyone who had died. She was Indeed a wonderfully lucky fisher. Receive the latest news on events, exhibitions, scienceresearch and specialoffers. . With their children they were patient, affectionate and marvellously forbearing. When they get near the camp, the men, women and children sit down a short distance out of sight of the goonambang. This only lasts a few minutes and then all the men follow after the novices. To get the best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or install another browser. After they have qualified themselves by passing through all the stages of probation attached to the initiation ceremonies of their tribe, the novices are allowed to take a wife from among those women whom the class laws permit them to marry. I had been riding over the hills after kangaroos, and at a spot about a mile from where the ceremony previously described took place I saw that a number of blacks were camped at the foot of a hill, the camp being in the form of a half circle, round an oval cleared space some 30 or 40 square feet in area. On the 30th last I discov- ered in the bush opposite iny residence, three head of Mr Myles cattle speared. The men then dance and jump about in the ring, uttering guttural noises, the men of the new mob calling out the names of a few principal camping grounds in the country from which they have come. Kneeling in the middle of his canoe, the mariner would dip deeply on one side and then half turn and dip on the other side. 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