1 / 7

Jandamarra

Jandamarra. Native Tracker and Guerrilla leader Traitor or Warrior The black Ned Kelly A tragic hero caught between two worlds. Early Life. Born in in 1873, (died 1 April 1897) a Bunuba man, southern part of the Kimberley region

arty
Download Presentation

Jandamarra

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Jandamarra Native Tracker and Guerrilla leader Traitor or Warrior The black Ned Kelly A tragic hero caught between two worlds

  2. Early Life • Born in in 1873, (died 1 April 1897) • a Bunuba man, southern part of the Kimberley region • Lived a tribal life to age 11 when he went to live on Lennard Station • became a strong horseman, a crack shot and a competent English speaker. • returned to traditional life. • caught for sheep stealing, jail in Derby.

  3. Native tracker with the WA police • After Derby friends with Richardson. • They join the police force in the 1890s Policeman and native tracker. • Divided loyalties • Jandamarra's uncle captured, Jandamarra freed him. • later Jandamarra helped to capture a large group of his people, including his uncle. Held at Lillimilura Police Post. Jandamarra's tribal loyalties came first. He gunned down Richardson, stole a number of guns and set the prisoners free.

  4. Guerrilla war/ Banuba war • On 10 November 1894, Jandamarra’s band attack five white men. Two were killed. • first time guns used • outrage in Derby and Broome. • a posse of 30 attack Jandamarra and his followers in Windjana. Jandamarra wounded but escapes. • Police attack Aboriginal camps, many killed, suspicion that they had ties to Jandamarra's band. • For three years, Jandamarra led a guerrilla war, hit and run tactics and his vanishing tricks became mythical. One time police follow him to his hideout, but he disappears mysteriously.

  5. Capture and death • Jandamarra's war lasts 3 years • police recruited Micki , a remarkable Aboriginal tracker, not a Bunuba tribesman. • Micki tracked Jandamarra down and shot him to death at Tunnel Creek on 1 April 1897. • The white troopers cut off Jandamarra's head as proof that he was dead, was preserved and sent to England . • The head of another Bunuba (labelled Jandamarra) put on public display in Perth. • His body was buried by his family, placed inside a boab tree.

  6. Beliefs about Jandamarra Jandamarra was held in awe by other Aboriginal people who believed he was immortal, his body simply a physical manifestation of a spirit that resided in a water soak near Tunnel Creek. It was believed that only an Aborigine with similar mystical powers could kill him. Police chasing Jandamarra were also in awe at his ability to cross the rugged ranges with no effect on his bare feet, despite their boots being cut to shreds by the sharp rocks.

  7. Remembering Jandamarra • There have been two novelsJandamarra's life has been the subject of two novels, Ion IdriessOutlaws of the Leopold (1952) and MudroorooLong Live Sandawarra (1972). • A history by Howard Pedersen, Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance, which won the Premiers book award. • A stage play (Jandamarra) was produced by the Black Swan Theatre Company in 2008. • A documentary about his life from the ABC and Indigenous independent production company WawiliPitjas, first screened in May 2011.

More Related