Yaldwyn Run
The Yaldwyn Run is a massacre of Wurrijeri -Aborigines, which took place on June 9, 1838 in the Australian state of Victoria . The incident, in which seven to eight Aborigines were killed, occurred near Barfold on the Campaspe River in what is now Campaspe Shire , near a ranching station.
This event was preceded in May 1838 by the death of a shepherd from the Bowmann cattle breeding station, who was killed by spears. When Aboriginal sheep stole two flocks of sheep, one from Bowman and one from Henry Yaldwyn's ranch, Yaldwyn warden John Coppock and three other men followed the flock's tracks. Eight armed men from Bowman joined the group. She came 400 meters close to the Aboriginal camp at sunset. When the dogs barked, one of the whites fired a shot, to which the Aborigines responded by throwing their spears. After three quarters of an hour the fight was over. When the whites subsequently entered the camp, it was empty and seven to eight Aborigines were dead. The next morning the whites found the sheep.
When the National Police Chief William Lønsdal in Melbourne about the incident heard it, he sent the assistant projector Edward Parker out to investigate the incident. After a year the result was: " Bowman was in the inhabit of shooting every black man, woman and child whom he met at this run, and had instructed his employees to carry out similar shootings ". (English: Bowman shot all black men, women and children he came across and instructed his employees to do the same). As a result of this investigation, eight whites were charged in Sydney . When they were brought to Sydney by ship, it sank off the west coast of New South Wales , only Coppock survived.
literature
- Chris Coulthard-Clark: The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles ; P. 15, St. Leonards, Crows Nest, East Melbourne, Auckland: Allen & Unwin, 2001; ISBN 1865086347 . Available online in parts
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Coulthard-Clark: Encyclopaedia. P. 15