Pinjarra. Hotham Valley heritage railway carriages. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Pinjarra. Hotham Valley heritage railway carriages. / denisbin
ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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説明 | One of the first settlers in WA was Thomas Peel who arrived in 1829 with 300 settlers expecting to receive a land grant of 250,000 acres provided certain conditions were met. The grant was to a consortium of three developers of whom Peel was the main figure. He did not quite meet the conditions set down but he still received a land grant of 250,000 acres but away from the Swan River. He got land along the Murray River from Pinjarra down to the coast at Mandurah. If time permits we will return via Pinjarra and the Murray River. It was here at Pinjarra that Peel established his head base with the 60 farm workers who had come out from England with him. Six months later all the labourers had fled elsewhere and taken up their own land. Edward Gibbon Wakefield in England watched the process and criticised the Colonial Office and the land grant system of WA. This led him onto develop a systematic land system for the proposed colony of South Australia! In order to get his settlement project going and to maintain friendly relations with the displeased local Aboriginal people Peel gave regular rations of flour. By 1834 he had a sizeable flock of sheep grazing the district around the Murray. When Peel decided to reduce the flour rations in 1834 the Noongar people retaliated and raided his flour storeroom. Four Noongar men were taken to Perth and publically flogged. In retaliation for this a 19-year-old servant of Peel was murdered at Pinjarra. Peel asked Governor Stirling for help and troops were sent to Pinjarra with Stirling at their lead. Peel joined them and they raided an Aboriginal camp to seek revenge for the murder of servant Nesbit. Spears were thrown and one British soldier was killed and then a general melee ensued. Guns were fired for some time. A report was given by Surveyor General Septimus Roe. In addition to the soldier a policeman was also killed and a number of Aboriginal people were massacred. Stirling reported that 15 Aboriginal people were killed in the Battle of Pinjarra. The names of eleven people were obtained later from the Aboriginal people. A Perth newspaper reported that 25 had been killed. The Aboriginal people claimed more had been killed. No more trouble erupted between whites and Aboriginal people in the Pinjarra district after that but trouble soon emerged in the York district in 1836. Was it a battle or massacre? |
撮影日 | 2014-09-28 14:38:50 |
撮影者 | denisbin |
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カメラ | DSC-HX30V , SONY |
露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
開放F値 | f/4.5 |