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Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

Placename
Gunbi (Mount Broome) 
Layer
WA Journey Ways - Jandamarra and the Bunuba resistance
Link back to source:
https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/community-environment/aboriginal-engagement/aboriginal-journey-ways/
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Latitude
-17.348056
Longitude
125.381667
Start Date
1892
End Date
1892

Description

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This layer contains historical information about Aboriginal people that may be distressing. It contains names of people who have also passed away.

In 1892 three prospectors were speared, two died. The one who led the attack was a so called ‘semi-civilised’ Aboriginal. This meant for settlers that weren’t safe from those who had come in. Revenge was swift and murderous, for example near Gunbi (Mount Broome): “The police party indiscriminately shot down men women and children in large numbers. According to Banjo Woorunmurra, the police charged the camps shooting everyone they could. Small children were grabbed by their legs and had their heads smashed against the trunks of trees. This story is similar to other Bunubu accounts of frontier massacres” (p.96). Armitage, who had taken part in the massacre at Gunbi was: “…renowned for his violent sexual abuse of Aboriginal women and was once formally charged with rape. Yet, not surprisingly the case never surfaced in court because the police refused to prosecute in spite of supporting evidence” (p.99).

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