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1818 - North West - view
Bantagran not only saves the lives of party members but opens an invaluable dialogue between Singleton and elders of Hunter Valley tribesmen
1818 - North West - view
Singleton abandons the idea of crossing the mountains in view of what Mu:pi reports. A dash to this large river seems risky
1819 - North West - view
"Cutting a black native with a knife."
1819 - North West - view
He becomes a notable Aborigine at Rev Threlkeld’s mission on Lake Macquarie and accompanies Leichhardt on his first and second expeditions
1820 - North West - view
Governor Macquarie rewards Mioram (“Myles”) with a breast plate and Howe promises that he can keep a musket
1820 - North West - view
corn season “when they steal large quantities”, they also assist to bring in the harvest
1820 - North West - view
an official system of using Aborigines as guards and trackers to prevent the escape of prisoners
1820 - North West - view
“decorated by the commandant with a brass crescent-shaped plate” to confer on them the rank of “chief”
1820 - North West - view
Burrigan is stabbed by Kirby the following morning when the men panic at the sight of arriving soldiers
1820 - North West - view
In the late 1820s, numerous central coast Aboriginal men become famous for their assistance to the colony, particularly as trackers of runaway convicts
1820 - North West - view
A brass or tin plate with an inscription, is also a great desideratum in their eyes, to hang round their necks
1820 - North West - view
Death of King Burrigan of the Newcastle tribe , from injuries sustained in the recapture of convicts
1820 - North West - view
Three convicts are flogged for “Inhumanely ill treating and cutting a black native and intimidating him against bringing in bushrangers"
1820 - North West - view
Trial and execution
1821 - North West - view
The Governor records not only the growing farming settlement, but also the mobility of Bungaree on whom Macquarie conferred the title of “King” and installed him on a farm at George’s Head
1821 - North West - view
There is a significant number of fatalities among Aboriginal children at the Native Institution
1821 - West - view
Two Aboriginal couples marry in 1821 (Polly to Michael Yarringguy and Betty to Bobby Nurragingy)
1821 - North West - view
Biraban tracks escaped convicts. He returns to Lake Macquarie and as Biraban he assumes ceremonial leadership among his people, becoming “tribal king” of the district under Governor Macquarie