FRONTIER VIOLENCE

By Aisha, Anna & Vanessa

A deadly encounter

S. Calvert, Mitchell Library Collection

Early violence

Weapons Aboriginals attacked people travelling into remote

areas Squatters attacked aboriginals directly (massacres,

poisoning, discourse, through publications in newspapers)

Aboriginal’s violence was initially directed at specific people but later changed to more generalized attacks towards white people

Resistance after white settlers crossed the blue mountains

Land, Law & Discourse

Aboriginal Perspective Aboriginal culture of sharing Their land was taken

(resources: food, animals, habitat)

Land, Law & Discourse

English Perspective Aboriginals attacks created

fear Entrenched feelings of

superiority, racism, frustration, group mentality

Lack of protection from the government (resentment)

How discourse shaped relations Aboriginals dehumanization Law protecting aboriginals Feelings of being abused by

the system (injustice) Concept of private property

(justification)

Attack on a settler’s hutBonwick, James, 1817-1906

Nature and extent of violence

Different forms of violence Brief summary of the Myall Creek Massacre Map Trial

Conclusions

Encounter of two cultures Reshaping of both cultures Change