| 词条 | Ayaigar |
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|name = Ayaigar |image = File:Portrait of Aya-I-Ga, also known as Neighbour.jpg |imagesize = |smallimage = |alt = |caption = Ayaigar |birth_date = c.1882 |birth_place = Roper River region |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1954|06|21|1882|01|01|}} |death_place = |birthname = |nationality = |spouse = |children = |occupation = Tracker and stockman }} Ayaigar also known as Aya-I-Ga, Neighbour or Nipper (c.1882 - 21 June 1954) was a police tracker and stockman in the Northern Territory of Australia. He is the first Indigenous Australian to win a medal for gallantry, for saving a policeman from drowning. BiographyAyaigar was of the Alawa language group in the Roper River region. He worked as a police tracker at Roper Bar Police Station and as a stockman at Nutwood Downs and Hodgson Downs stations.[1] In 1911, Ayaigar saved the life of Mounted Police Constable William Johns during a river crossing.[2] Ayaigar and three other men had been arrested for cattle stealing and was being transported in neck chains by Constable Johns. While attempting to cross the Wilton River, Johns' horse overturned kicking him in the head and knocking him unconscious. Despite the neck chain, Ayaigar quickly rescued Johns, dragging him to safety. Ayaigar then borrowed Johns' horse and rode to Hodgson Downs Station to request help. He was not convicted of cattle stealing.[3] Then on 16 February 1912 he was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving by King George V at Government House,[4] making him the first Indigenous Australian awarded a medal for gallantry.[5]{{efn|Some sources indicate he also won a medal from the Royal Humane Society medal.[6] There are no other reputable sources to support this.}} He was not permitted to keep the medal, which was kept for him by the government to wear on special occasions.[7] He wore the medal in February 1915, while on trial for murder. He was acquitted.[7][8][10][7] In 1940 he ferried supplies and rescued people stranded by the flooded Roper River.[10] Constable Johns' grandson, sculptor Greg Johns, created a sculpture inspired by Ayaigar's story. It is on display at Northern Territory Library. Another of Johns' grandsons is ABC sports broadcaster Charlie King.[9] His medal is held at the National Library of Australia. A replica is on display at the Northern Territory Library.[10] Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^{{cite web|title=Remembering a hero called “Neighbour”|url=https://www.nlc.org.au/media-releases/article/remembering-a-hero-called-neighbour|website=Northern Land Council|publisher=Northern Land Council|accessdate=29 November 2017}} 2. ^{{Citation | author1=Johns, John Robert | author2=Lewis, D. (Darrell) | author3=Historical Society of the Northern Territory | title=Patrolling the 'Big Up' : the adventures of Mounted Constable Johns in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 1910-1915 | publication-date=1998 | publisher=Historical Society of the Northern Territory | isbn=978-1-876450-00-7 }} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3266624 |title=News & Notes |newspaper=Northern Territory Times And Gazette |volume=XXXVI, |issue=1946 |location=Northern Territory, Australia |date=24 February 1911 |accessdate=29 November 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3269732 |title=Northern Territory Times |newspaper=Northern Territory Times And Gazette |volume=XXXVII, |issue=2041 |location=Northern Territory, Australia |date=19 December 1912 |accessdate=29 November 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news|last1=Gibson|first1=Jano|title=Heroic Aboriginal prisoner's medal on display|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-06/heroic-aboriginal-prisoners-medal-on-display/2706966|accessdate=29 November 2017|agency=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=6 May 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Film negative - Neighbour, a recipient of the Albert Medal bravery award, Roper River, Northern Territory, photographed by Herbert Basedow, 1928|url=http://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/object/12360|website=Collection explorer|publisher=National Museum of Australia|accessdate=29 November 2017}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3269635 |title=News & Notes |newspaper=Northern Territory Times And Gazette |volume=XXXIX, |issue=2154 |location=Northern Territory, Australia |date=18 February 1915 |accessdate=29 November 2017 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3270231 |title=Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia |newspaper=Northern Territory Times And Gazette |volume=XXXIX, |issue=2158 |location=Northern Territory, Australia |date=18 March 1915 |accessdate=29 November 2017 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Everingham|first1=Sara|title=Brave indigenous digger finally recognised|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/brave-indigenous-digger-finally-recognised/2713674|accessdate=29 November 2017|agency=7.30|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}} 10. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Malarndirri|title=Albert medal for gallantry by an aboriginal territorian on display|url=http://www.newsroom.nt.gov.au/mediaRelease/6136|website=Northern Territory Government Newsroom|publisher=Northern Territory Government|accessdate=29 November 2017|date=6 May 2011}} 4 : People from the Northern Territory|1882 births|1954 deaths|Recipients of the Albert Medal (lifesaving) |
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