The patrol opened fire, killing three men; three injured died later of their wounds and an unknown number of wounded escaped. On returning to Coniston Chapman complained of a headache. Approaching a soak 14 mi (23 km) from the homestead, he found around 30 Ngalia-Warlpiri people camped. With the worsening of the drought, as waterholes dried up, the st… Returning to Coniston, Murray left Padygar, Woolingar and one of the three boys, 11-year-old Lolorrbra (known as Lala, who would become a chief witness at the enquiry), whose crushed feet had become infected, in Stafford's custody before heading north to continue the search.
The station would lend its name to the 'Coniston Massacre' of 1928, where records show around 17 Aboriginals were killed in 'self defence' by investigating policemen.
In their eyes, the banishment absolved the tribe of responsibility and they moved from the soak to Ngundaru, a sacred site 4 mi (6.4 km) closer to Coniston, believing they were safe from retribution. Who was responsible for them? Under cross examination it became apparent within minutes that he had been coached on what to say. [11], From the station, on 24 September, a party consisting of Murray, Morton, Alex Wilson and Jack Cusack (the latter two being of Aboriginal descent), embarked on a series of encounters: three incidents were later described by Murray, in which 14 more Aboriginal people were reportedly killed, but it is likely that there were more. [11] At Boomerang waterhole he found a large Warlpiri camp; what happened here is unknown but the Warlpiri decided to kill Morton. [h] In the afternoon two Warlpiri, Padygar and Woolingar arrived at Coniston to trade dingo scalps. Published: 1st November 2019
Constable Murray joined the police force in 1919 and, due to shortages of outback policemen, was posted the very next day to the Rankin River police station without any training.
The verdict was a foregone conclusion as all that remained was the reading of the confessions made by the accused in Alice Springs. Recently, descendants of victims and of murderers came together in a quiet stretch of northeastern New South Wales to remember a massacre. After questioning the other three and finding they had no connection with the murder Murray released them. Appropriating water resources was fundamental to pastoral economy, and exclusive control over water was a priority in order to maintain cattle in good condition on any station. Similarly, other massacres that have occurred in the Ord River region have been recorded by Warmun artists such as Rover Thomas. [9], Randall Stafford had been in Alice Springs requesting police to attend to prevent the spearing of his cattle. With over 60 Aboriginal people killed throughout the Central Desert region, it's left a mark on the lives of many people in Central Australia. Woolingaar was then chained to a tree for the next 18 hours. Either one or the other must prosper. [14] There is anecdotal evidence that there were up to 100 killed in total at the five sites. “I think it’s up to us to make something out of it that heals,” she says. [8] Brooks bought two camels and on 2 August, left with two 12-year-old Aboriginal children, Skipper and Dodger, to trap dingos for the 10 s (2011:A$35.65) bounty on their scalps. Despite their lasting impact, these horrific memories are not the sole legacy of these times. Korff, J 2019, Coniston,
He was a sniper,” she says.
Coniston has never before been fully researched and recorded; with this book that absence in Australia's history is now filled. The Federal government was also under considerable pressure to act.
“People feel a lot of shame about it and they really don’t want to unpack it. He died two days later of, Cawood to Secretary Home & Territories Dept 25 October 1928. When the prosecution tried to introduce the written confessions of the accused, Justice Mallen pointed out that as the accused had been charged by a South Australian rather than Central Australian magistrate he would disallow the statements. Coniston, Central Australia, 1928: the murder of an itinerant prospector at this isolated station by local Warlpiri triggered a series of police-led expeditions that ranged over vast areas for two months, as the hunting parties shot down victims by the dozen. Aboriginal people of the area and others say that far more than 31 people were actually killed. Murray organised a posse consisting of tracker Paddy, Alex Wilson, Dodger, tracker Major (elder brother of Brooks' boy Skipper), Randall Stafford and two white itinerants Jack Saxby and Billie Brisco.[g]. Paperback “I think people run away from trauma and this is a deeply traumatic part of Australia’s history,” she says. A furious Justice Mallen dismissed the jury, ordered a new jury be empanelled and a new trial to be convened the following day.
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