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AHP-147- The Hornet Bank and Cullin-la-Ringo Massacres
Episode 147
Saturday, 5 August, 2023
On 27 October 1857 a party of Yiman warriors killed 12 people at Hornet Bank Station. On 16 October 1861 another massacre of settlers took place at Culin-la-Ringo when Gayiri warriors killed 19 people. What emerges is a story of frontier wars where local Aboriginal people fought to protect thier hunting lands and sacred sites which they saw were being defiled by white settlers. Email me at jamesdampier.awp@gmail.comĀ