Pemulwuy
The first Aboriginal Resistance Leader in Australia was Pemulwuy. Pemulwuy was born around 1758 and died brutally in 1802. He was born into the Bidjigal group and was the leader of the Eora people. He led the Eora people against the British settlers in Sydney for twelve years. He is famous for this and for conducting guerrilla warfare against the white people/settlers while leading raiding parties and heading battle. He was regarded as someone who couldn’t be stopped or killed and was feared by many settlers.During January 1788 Lieutenant William Collins first arrived in Australia and raised the British flag. Many male convicts were occupying him. Pemulwuy was about thirty and had a wife and two children, a boy and a girl. He became a man when fire was placed onto his skin and grease, ash and ochre were rubbed into the wounds. His hair was then put into dreadlocks and painted with grease. After this initiation most men had their upper right front tooth removed. The men and women went around naked during the summer and wore possum skin cloaks in winter. They lived in small, bark shelters that could fit about six to eight people. To kill animals for food, clothiers, etc. and in battle, spears were used. Aggression between
As soon as he had fully recovered he was back to normal and raiding settlements, burning and stealing wherever he went. The governor was furious and an order was released that any Eora that followed this example would be hung in chains from any available tree as a warning to others. The Eora soon joined with their neighbours the Dharruk to were now a larger force against the English. Many brutal attacks were made to these clans one including the capture of a young Dharruk boy. His arms and legs were tied with rope and he was dragged several times through a fire before he was dragged to a river, thrown in then shot.
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