'The 1838 Myall Creek Massacre is remembered for the brutality of the crime committed by white settlers against innocent Aboriginal men, women and children, but also because eleven of the twelve assassins were arrested and brought to trial. Amid tremendous controversy, seven were hanged. Myall Creek was not the last time the colonial administration sought to apply the law equally to Aboriginal people and settlers, but it was the last time perpetrators of a massacre were convicted and hanged.
'Marking its 180th anniversary, this book explores the significance of one of the most horrifying events of Australian colonialism. Thoughtful and fearless, it challenges us to look at our history without flinching as an act of remembrance and reconciliation.' (Summary)
'Many readers of this volume will have their own memories of the Myall Creek Memorial and the massacre it commemorates. Mine is of seeing the Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir’s official low-slung black car inch its way through the dry grass to the Myall Creek Memorial Hall (built to commemorate those killed in the so-called ‘First World War’, a war which was neither Australia’s first nor the first time that people had travelled the world enacting wars). I thought then about how fitting it was that a Governor, the figure that was historically so powerful in what unfolded then, was present. The hall is the starting point for the commemorative walk that follows but also where refreshments are served afterwards and where school children, the ancestors of perpetrators and victims, locals and visitors of all orders, will share food.' (Introduction)
'The scholarly essays and personal reflections collected in Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre probe the broader meanings of one episode of shocking violence while also demonstrating the restorative power of historical truth-telling.' (Introduction)
[Review] Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2018
14402510
2018
single work
review
'Today, 10 June 2018, is the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek massacre, where at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and elders were killed by settlers and stockmen without provocation in northern New South Wales.' (Introduction)
[Review] Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre
Melbourne
:
Bad Producer Productions
,
2018
14402510
2018
single work
review
'Today, 10 June 2018, is the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek massacre, where at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and elders were killed by settlers and stockmen without provocation in northern New South Wales.' (Introduction)
'Many readers of this volume will have their own memories of the Myall Creek Memorial and the massacre it commemorates. Mine is of seeing the Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir’s official low-slung black car inch its way through the dry grass to the Myall Creek Memorial Hall (built to commemorate those killed in the so-called ‘First World War’, a war which was neither Australia’s first nor the first time that people had travelled the world enacting wars). I thought then about how fitting it was that a Governor, the figure that was historically so powerful in what unfolded then, was present. The hall is the starting point for the commemorative walk that follows but also where refreshments are served afterwards and where school children, the ancestors of perpetrators and victims, locals and visitors of all orders, will share food.' (Introduction)
'The scholarly essays and personal reflections collected in Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre probe the broader meanings of one episode of shocking violence while also demonstrating the restorative power of historical truth-telling.' (Introduction)
