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Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

Placename
Pigeon Creek 
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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Other
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Latitude
-17.779167
Longitude
125.475556
Start Date
1897
End Date
1897

Description

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A group of police led by Blythe and two trackers Micki and Mingo set off to track down Jandamarra. They caught a group of Bunubu fighters including Woorunmurra, Muddendudden, Byabarra and Bool. They were chained but kept by the party as they continued to follow Jandamarra’s tracks. His followers, particularly the women, set up all manner of devices to fool the black trackers. Finally, they followed the prints to creek (now known as Pigeon Creek after Jandamarra whose nickname was Pigeon). Micki managed to chase Jandamarra up onto Balili and shot him. Blythe came to inflict the last fatal shot so he could claim hero status but Jandamarra grabbed the gun and Blythe’s hand was severely injured. Jandamarra was wounded and ran on. Micki followed him for three days and eventually shot him dead. Micki’s role in the killing of Jandamarra was ignored, the police claimed they had done it. They hacked off his head as proof. The head was sent to England where it was held by an arms manufacturer William Ceener as a trophy. His body was wrapped in paperbark and stowed in a cave in Balili. 

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