| 词条 | Fighting Hills massacre |
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In 1840, Victorian western district squatters massacred many aboriginal people of The Hummocks, near Wando Vale, Victoria Australia - the event known as the Fighting Hills massacre. The Whyte brothers (William, George, Pringle and James Whyte) and cousin John Whyte managed the Konongwootong run near Hamilton, Victoria. On the 8 March, the Whytes and three convict employees, Benjamin Wardle, Daniel Turner and William Gillespie set off to recover sheep stolen for the previous day.[1] The party found aboriginals cooking and eating the missing sheep, the subsequent attack killing between 40 - 80 Jardwadjali (men, women, and children). The party recovered all but 45 sheep. There was at least one aboriginal survivor. Aboriginal protector Charles Sievwright investigated the incident but the depositions he took were disallowed by Crown prosecutor James Croke as they were not 'taken in accordance to the rules of law'.[2] John Whyte went personally to report the 'affray' to Superintendent Charles La Trobe, then Chief Protector George Robinson. No further action was taken.[1] AftermathA subsequent massacre known as the Fighting Waterholes massacre took place only months later involving some of the same party. In 1843, a employee from the Whyte's station was killed - believed to be in retaliation to the massacres.[3][4] References1. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41539940|title=Scars in the landscape : a register of massacre sites in western Victoria, 1803-1859|last=D.|first=Clark, Ian|date=1995|publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies|isbn=0855752815|location=Canberra|oclc=41539940}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/provenance-journal/provenance-2009/superintendent-la-trobe-and-amenability|title=Superintendent La Trobe and the amenability of Aboriginal people to British law 1839-1846 {{!}} PROV|website=www.prov.vic.gov.au|access-date=2018-12-19}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/11108468|title=Gippsland Guardian (Vic. : 1855 - 1868) - 6 Jul 1860 - p3|website=Trove|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/wando-vale|title=Victoria places: Wando vale|last=|first=|date=|website=Victoria places|archive-url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/wando-vale|archive-date=19 Dec 2018|dead-url=|access-date=19 Dec 2018}} 1 : Massacres of Indigenous Australians |
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