Jackey Jackey
Jackey Jackey (also Jacky Jacky called * um 1833 in Muswellbrook , New South Wales , Australia ; † 1854 in Australia) was a tracker (tracker) the Aboriginal and explorer, who is the only the failed expedition of Edmund Kennedy survived in 1848 .
Early life
He was born to an Aboriginal tribe in the Merton area near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. In April 1848, probably at the age of 14, he was accepted by the explorer Edmund Kennedy as a participant on his expedition to the Cape York Peninsula .
Edmund Kennedy Expedition
The Kennedy expedition, which was supposed to lead along the east coast from Rockingham Bay (north of Hinchinbrook Island ) to Albany Island off the Cape York Peninsula, failed. The only Aborigines involved in the expedition were Edward Kennedy, JC Blackett, E. Bigge, A. Johnson, T. Wall, W. Carron, C. Niblett, James Luff, Edward Taylor, William Costgan, William Goddart, Dunn and Jackey Jackey .
On November 13, 1848, Kennedy, Jackey, Costigan, Dunn and Luff left eight members of the expedition led by Carron at a camp on Weymouth Bay. In the further course of the expedition, Costigan, Dunn and Luff stayed behind and not far from the tip of the Cape York Peninsula, Kennedy and Jackey tried alone to reach the waiting cargo ship that lay off the coast. This did not succeed because swamps and impenetrable mangrove forests prevented them from doing so. Kennedy and Jackey Jackey were attacked by local Aborigines on the Escape River , where Kennedy was hit by several javelin throws and died as a result. Jackey managed to bury Kennedy despite the danger to his life and to reach the ship - as the only survivor.
In May 1849 Jackey was instrumental in the search for the body of Kennedy under the guidance of T. Beckford Simpson as a tracker. The expedition was without result.
Late life
On his return he was honored with a silver breast plate by the Governor Sir Charles FitzRoy .
In 1850, Jackey returned to his tribe. In early 1854, while on an overland trip, he fell drunk into a camp fire and died as a result.
Afterlife
After his death, he received several recognitions for his accomplishments during the Kennedy expedition. A monument was erected for him near Bamanga airport , a small stream, Jackey Jackey Creek , and in 1972 Jackey Jacky Airfield in Queensland was named after him.
Web links
- Copy of an 1849 portrait of Jackey Jackey by Charles Rodius in the Mitchell Library in Sydney
- Breast Plate by Jackey Jackey
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Grosz, Shane Maloney: Jackey Jackey & the Yadhaykenu , themonthly.com.au, accessed on November 25, 2012 (English)
- ↑ The Fate of Kennedy's Expedition , The Sydney Morning Herold, March 6, 1849, accessed November 26, 2012
- ↑ Jackey Jackey (d. 1854). Forgotten Aboriginal hero of Cape York exploration , accessed November 25, 2012
- ↑ Edgar Beale: Jackey Jackey (? –1854) , accessed on November 25, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Jackey Jackey , monumentaustralia.org, accessed on November 25, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Jackey Jackey Creek , accessed November 25, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Jackey Jackey Airfield ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on November 25, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jackey Jackey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacky Jacky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muswellbrook , New South Wales , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1854 |
| Place of death | Australia |