Wonnerup massacre

The Wonnerup massacre took place in the Tuart Forest area near Ludlow in Western Australia in the early 1840s. This forest area was originally inhabited by the Wardandi , an Aboriginal tribe.

After the settlement of the area by the Europeans, they realized the value of the land for agriculture and forestry and that this area of ​​the Aborigines, which was of great importance for their culture and way of life, was threatened. The clashes began in late 1829, and when the white George Layman was speared by Gaywer, an Aboriginal man at Wonnerup House in 1841, the Wonnerup massacre developed. In this massacre, the white settlers murdered more than 250 Aborigines.

The Elder Bill Web of the Warandi said in the late 1990s, when it came to the forest usage agreement, that the dead should rest in their burial places on Cable Sand and that this place in the forest must remain untouched. The events of the past were bad enough that there should be peace now.

See also

• List of Aboriginal massacres

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• Ludlow Tuart Forest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Western Australia Regional Forest Agreement, Aboriginals Consultation Project ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 1.8 MB)  
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ludlow Tuart Forest