Battle of Yering
The Battle of Yering (English: Battle of Yering ) was a confrontation between the Aborigines of Wurundjeri and the Border Police , which on 13 January 1840 in the area of the former Melbourne occurred.
Border conflict
The conflict arose out of a dispute between the Wurundjeri-William clan and the settler James Anderson over the right to harvest potatoes on the Wurundjeri land in what is now Warrandyte . A stalemate arose and the Aborigines went to William Ryries Yering Station. A Border Police force led by Henry Gisborne , the Commissioner for Crown Lands , lured Jaga Jaga (also called Jacky-Jacky) and some of the Wurundjeri to the Yering cattle station, where Jaga Jaga was captured and handcuffed. The other Wurundjeri withdrew.
The Wurundjeri again approached the station with muskets and spears. Gisborne then counterattacked with his troopers. After an exchange of fire, the Aborigines withdrew to the nearby billabongs . After they managed to lure the armed force away from Yering Station, other Aboriginal warriors invaded the station and freed Jaga Jaga.
No settler or member of the Border Police was injured in this conflict, and the Wurundjeri are also known to have been injured. Gisborne later wrote to the superintendent and later governor Charles La Trobe : "I am unable to account for their never having hit us as they are capital marksmen". ("I cannot explain why they did not meet us because they are excellent marksmen.") No investigation has been initiated into this incident, no charges have been brought, and the incident has been ignored.
Jaga Jaga, also known as boron-boron rer rer , the nephew of was Billibellary , a ngurungaeta the Wurundjeri .
Commemoration
On January 13, 2007 167 years after the battle, the was Yarra Flats Billabongs in the Shire of Yarra Ranges of Murrundindi , a ngurungaeta the Wurundjeri , a historic plaque Battle of Yering revealed that commemorates the event. The plaque was placed on the initiative of the Friends of the Yarra Flats Billabongs in conjunction with the Yarra Ranges Friends in Reconciliation and the Nillumbik Reconciliation Group .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kath Gannaway, Important step for reconciliation ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Star News Group, January 24, 2007, accessed November 1, 2008
- ^ A b c Isabel Ellender and Peter Christiansen, People of the Merri Merri. The Wurundjeri in Colonial Days , pp. 65-67, Merri Creek Management Committee, 2001 ISBN 0957772807
- ↑ Media Release Shire brings Focus to Special Billabongs ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Shire of Yarra Ranges , January 23, 2007, in English, accessed November 1, 2008
