They would treat him hospitably, and talk with him about general matters of tribal interest. Any danger that might have arisen, through residence in malodorous and unhygienic environment was avoided in a very simple and practical fashion. To the European ear, the Gringai made no real differentiation between d and t, or g and k. Thus the word for a revered spirit being is variously described as Coen, Koin and Goign: all are representations of the same word. On one occasion my father, having caught several of the youths in the act of purloining some of these delectables, remonstrated with them, and upbraided them sternly for stealing. One toy with which they delighted to play was a contrivance that gave out a deep booming din like the bull-roarers the elders used in the initiation ceremonies. Join us, volunteer and be a part of our journey of discovery! If the course of performances in the bush have been completed, the boys may be returned next day, but if some further instruction is necessary, the date is arranged accordingly. These arrivals generally take place in the afternoon a few hours before sundown. 17.- half-caste lads are generally murdered always I believe. The seeds of Zamia spiralis [a species of cycad] were soaked in a creek or swamp for several weeks, pounded and then roasted (Threlkeld in Gunsom 1974:55; Backhouse 1843:380). Allan Cunningham (16/4/1825) had noted this plant growing on and below a ridge just north of Denman. (VMR, VHR). Great care was exercised in selecting the right tree for the purpose as any fault, caused by a knot or protuberance, would spoil the value of the sheet when stripped. This noise they kept up sans intermission. The old father rushed past me, seized a tomahawk, and cut his head in several places, until the blood gushed in quantities from the wounds; another old man snatched it from him, amid commenced upon his own bead. The language spoken around Newcastle and Lake Macquarie called by the aborigines Awaaba was much the same, and the whole language was named Kurring-gai by some, and Awaabakal by others. The hosts now get up and go outside, where they remain standing in a group, and one or more of their number commence sounding, the goonandhakeea or bull-roarer. One subject that has interested me for years is the way big- logs were across the Williams River; one, and often two, on each of the smaller farms. The blacks murdered all Nolans shepherds, and to deal with them a detachment of soldiers was sent up from Sydney. The local Allyn River tribe were the first to erect their camp, around which the other tribes took up their positions, each in the direction of the country from which they had come. A. I was working at Irwins once and remember the [women] coming down opposite Tillegra house. They are generally listed as clan of the Worrimi people, though the Wonnarua Strategic Plan lists the Gringai of Gresford as Wonnarua. They were going to the bora ceremonies. from 1820 to 1921 by A.N. When the last spark of the fire had been extinguished and the last wreath of smoke had eddied into nothingness, the women were uncovered and the Port Stephens blacks, accompanied by the poombits, ran up the nearby trees like so many monkeys and began breaking small branches off the limbs. In a hollow fork I discovered one of these mystery bags. Sometimes, when a man was wracked with an internal spasm, he would have his wife pere-ally for him, an operation carried out in the following manner. The fitting was done so cleverly that the whole would be as solid as though in one piece. Sometimes a blow on the head er e he fell would kill him, or if he were thrown down alive, those beneath would perform the final ceremony of dispatch. Lyn MacBain, who hasstudied local history in Singleton for the past 30 years, said the homestead should stay put. Knocks and bumps, cuts and scratches, sustained in the ordinary course of daily life, troubled them not one whit. It was manifestly a mere mockery to call upon the prisoner to make his defence before persons by whom he could not be understood, Mr. Nichols then submitted that the prisoner was entitled to his acquittal in point of law. It was isolated and open to attack. It was a very simple process for the tribe to kill all they needed. This communication when handed to Mr F t, he, as the blackfellow describes, read it, tore it to pieces, and when throwing the fragments into the fireplace, said in a contemptuous manner, There, go and bring another, threatening at same time to shoot him if he did not instantly leave the place. Baime has his arms stretched open protecting the Valley. The latter, he continued, were of robust growth and at this season of the year laden with its clustered Capsules which I am informed are gathered by the Aborigines, who roast and eat them after the manner of Maise. The settlers and government troopers retaliated with random shootings and massacres. When this painting is completed, two of the men go ahead by themselves, each of them carrying one or two boomerangs in his belt and one in his hand; in the other hand he carries a small bough ready for use by and bye. The young fellows belonging to these new arrivals are always eager to be present and assist at the performances at the kweealbang, and accordingly they start out to the camp in the bush. All the things were placed at the dead mans head, and the grave was then filled in. When the camp at the kweealbang has been completed the novices are placed lying, down in a row on the leaves which have been spread on the ground under the shelter, and are covered over with rugs, each boy having his guardian beside him. A cord, made of possum hair, was passed around his body a couple of times, the ends being held by the woman who knelt on the ground, leaning over the little canoe of water. Their creation spirit is Baiami, also known as Koin, is the creator of all things and the Keeper of the Valley. There are hardly any left, except in odd places, just a wreck of what they were. Then the mothers go back to their own quarters, and the novices are taken by their guardians a short distance away, where they make a camp. It was their custom to seek his advice and assistance in almost every emergency that arose. The recipient would don the gift, usually after a fashion never originally Intended, and would strut proudly about the camp displaying himself and his adornment. The blacks had lately been very troublesome and bold. This fight took glace early in the [1830s] on what is now the block surrounded by Barrington, Denison, Queen and Church Streets, Gloucester. The Wonnarua people's traditional lands are located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales. Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) madeby UncleCharlesChickaMadden. This account is very characteristic of similar meetings observed by anthropologists in the Coopers Creek country. Re the name of Canningalla being called after Lord Canning. The spears were really wonderful weapons; long, slender and graceful, and fashioned with a balance that was amazingly perfect. Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Sat 20 Aug 1949 Page 2 NATIVE WAYS AND NAMES. They used to start and cry at nightfall and beginning with a very low moan that would rise to a high shriek. Under the open side leaves are thickly strewn on the ground, for the men and boys to lie upon. The bull-roarer was attached to about 1.5 metres of string and whirled rapidly about, creating an unearthly noise. A dreamtime story from the Wonnarua explains how the hills and rivers in the Hunter Valley were created by a spirit called Baiame. When these two men get close to the goonambang they gently hit the boomerangs which they carry in their hands against those in their belts, and the hosts answer, huk! As they were fairly plentiful in the bush they were often on the menu. Thus tinko a native bitch is generally printed dingo.. The body, nicely tied up in bark, was carried to it by friends of the deceased. Learn how First Nation communities and artists are using ghost net sculptures as a way to tell traditional stories. When I departed from Port Stephens in 1873 to go to Queensland the tribe had dwindled to about fifty members. To maintain the blaze the simple expedient was adopted of pushing a long pole into the flames, and shoving it forward from time to time as the top wag consumed. I also gave them a musket. These men in their old days never forgot how to fish, and were never satisfied unless they brought home two or three monster perch. There never was anything of permanency about a blackfellows home. At Port Stephens they called it the poombit though generally it is spoken of as the bora. On the flat there was an oval cleared space with a banked-up margin, and in the centre of it a heaped-up conical shaped fire. Without more ado the corpse was lowered into the grave, which was filled and carefully levelled. When one of these messengers arrives at the camp of the tribe he has been directed to summon, he sits down in sight of the mens quarters, and some of them go over to him, knowing by his manner that he is the bearer of news to their tribe. ) ?B6=! Meanwhile a strong body of settlers from the Williams and Allen Rivers struck out to the north-west, ascending the Williams and Chichester Rivers. grease. When the boys have been sufficiently smoked, their guardians take them away, and they are followed by the other men for about 100 yards. Wednesday, 23rd 1832]. In the early days of the settlement they had not come into very close contact with civilisation and he speaks of them as refusing to eat bread when it was offered to them. They will remain in custody awaiting your orders respecting them. It was made of a flat piece of wood, a few inches in length, in which two holes were bored. The manner in which the Grlngai communicated their movements to following friends was noteworthy. When Europeans settled in the Gloucester-Manning area in the 1820s and 1830s, the Aboriginal people lost their homelands to logging, clearing and livestock. The result was deadly to the natives. This cleared space and its adjuncts is called kweealbang (fire place, or place of the fire). He appears painted with pipeclay and carries a fire-stick in his hand; but generally it is the [clever men] who alone perceive him and to whom he says Fear not come and talk. At other times he comes where the blacks are asleep and takes them up, as an eagle his prey, and carries them away for a time. All these pantomimic representations are largely mixed with abominable and obscene gestures. Turning their attention from the cattle raid, the blacks attacked the hut where the A. He is always painted in front view; Dharramalan is drawn in profile. By Lauren Hubbard Published: Feb 27, 2023. 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