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Boe Spearim is a Gamilaraay & Kooma radio host and podcaster who lives in Brisbane. Frontier War Stories - a podcast dedicated to truth-telling about a side of Australia that has been left out of the history books. Each episode Boe will speak with different Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about research, books and oral histories which document the first 140 years of conflict and resistance. These times are the Frontier Wars and these are our War Stories.

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    The Appin Massacre with Peter Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 36:12


    Frontier War Stories has returned, and in this episode we yarn up with the deadly Peter Jones from WINGA MYAMLY, to learn about the first sanctioned massacres to happen, known as the Appin Massacres. We look into this history, the reasoning and what this has meant to the Dharrawal people and the general community of Campbelltown. This episode of Frontier War Stories is part of a ten-part special series made with support from Koori Mail. The Voice of Indigenous Australia, Koori Mail is 100% Aboriginal-owned and 100% self-funded. Visit koorimail.com for more information. Frontier War Stories is edited by Awesome Black.The post The Appin Massacre with Peter Jones first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Myall Creek Massacre Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 48:52


    Episode 35 is marking the anniversary of the Myall Creek Massacre which occurred on the 10th June 1838. Boe Spearim speaks to Richard Trudgen and Uncle Keith Munro. Richard Trudgen is the writer of the book Why Warriors Lay Down and Die and has been a pioneering figure in community development and education for near on 50 years. Keith Munro is the co-chair of the Myall Creek National Committee and is one of the organisers of this year's anniversary commemoration taking place on the 11th of June 2023. For more information 

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    Frontier War Stories – Uncle Glen Miller, Butchulla Elder – 3 Year Anniversary Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 28:29


    In this special episode celebrating the 3 year anniversary of Frontier War Stories, Boe speaks with Uncle Glen Miller about the monument to Butchulla warriors being installed on to commemorate Butchulla warriors. Read more Frontier War Stories is produced, written and hosted by Boe Spearim Additional editing support from Awesome Black

    Frontier War Stories Live with Ray Kerkhove from Avid Reader

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 56:12


    In a special live recording from Avid Reader in Meanjin, Boe speaks with previous guest Ray Kerkhove at the launch of his book How They Fought published by Boolarong Press. Frontier War Stories is produced, written and hosted by Boe Spearim. Theme music by Mr Rhodes Additional support by Awesome Black You can support the continued creation of this podcast by supporting Boe through the AB Club

    Frontier War Stories – Professor Lyndall Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 36:58


    In episode thirty two of Frontier War Stories, Boe speaks with Professor Lyndall Ryan. Professor Ryan is a  historian of violence on the Australian colonial frontier specialising in the period 1788-1850 and the leader of the team behind the Colonial Frontier Massacres Map. Frontier War Stories is produced, written and hosted by Boe Spearim Additional editing support from Awesome Black

    Frontier War Stories – Rachel Perkins – The Australia Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 45:47


    In episode thirty one of Frontier War Stories, Boe yarns with film and television director, producer, and screenwriter Rachel Perkins The post Frontier War Stories – Rachel Perkins – The Australia Wars first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022


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    Frontier War Stories - Uncle Rodney Dillon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 46:52


    In episode thirty of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Uncle Rodney Dillon Palawa man from Tasmania and Amnesty International Australia's Indigenous Rights Advisor. We yarn about place names and the normalisation of the  colonisation of Australia. 

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    Uncle Rodney Dillon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022


    In episode thirty of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Uncle Rodney Dillon Palawa man from Tasmania and Amnesty International Australia's Indigenous Rights Advisor. We yarn about place names and the normalisation of the  colonisation of Australia.  The post Uncle Rodney Dillon first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

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    Dr Mariko Smith – Unsettled

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022


    In episode twenty-nine of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Dr Mariko Smith who is a Yuin & Japanese museum curator, visual sociologist, historian and works at the Australian museum. This episode was recorded on the 26th of January 2022 on the Indigeno... The post Dr Mariko Smith – Unsettled first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Dr Mariko Smith - Unsettled

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 62:18


    In episode twenty-nine of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Dr Mariko Smith who is a Yuin & Japanese museum curator, visual sociologist, historian and works at the Australian museum. This episode was recorded on the 26th of January 2022 on the IndigenousX twitter page. Boe and Mariko chat about the exhibition titled "Unsettled" at the Australian museum, the exhibition highlights Aboriginal resistance leaders, massacres, battles and much more.

    Michael Organ – Australia's founding figures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022


    In episode twenty-eight of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with former Australian politician, archivist and local historian Michael Organ. Lieutenant James Cook, Admiral (First Governor) Arthur Phillip and Major General (Fifth Governor) Lachlan Macquarie ... The post Michael Organ – Australia's founding figures first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Michael Organ -Australia's founding figures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 37:07


    In episode twenty-eight of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with former Australian politician, archivist and local historian Michael Organ. Lieutenant James Cook, Admiral (First Governor) Arthur Phillip and Major General (Fifth Governor) Lachlan Macquarie are celebrated by many Australians but not all Aboriginal people share the same feeling for these three, click and listen to find out why.

    Ryan Stewart – The Darkinjung Resistance and Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021


    In episode Twenty Seven of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Ryan Stewart who is a history teacher and a PhD candidate from the University of Newcastle, the research he is doing is based on the Darkinjung resistance and conflict in the Central Coast of... The post Ryan Stewart – The Darkinjung Resistance and Conflict first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Ryan Stewart - The Darkinjung Resistance and Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 51:05


    In episode Twenty Seven of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Ryan Stewart who is a history teacher and a PhD candidate from the University of Newcastle, the research he is doing is based on the Darkinjung resistance and conflict in the Central Coast of NSW.

    Frontier War Stories – Fred Leone – Garrinjamaji (King Peter) Surviving Three Massacres

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021


      In episode Twenty Six of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Fred Leone, we chat about his great grandfather Garrinjamaji (King Peter) who survived three massacres and saved his wife who was kidnapped during one of the massacres. Fred and his siblings ... The post Frontier War Stories – Fred Leone – Garrinjamaji (King Peter) Surviving Three Massacres first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Fred Leone - Garrinjamaji (King Peter) Surviving Three Massacres

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2021 75:30


      In episode Twenty Six of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Fred Leone, we chat about his great grandfather Garrinjamaji (King Peter) who survived three massacres and saved his wife who was kidnapped during one of the massacres. Fred and his siblings were told this story growing up by one of his nannas who is the daughter of Garrinjamaji (King Peter), later on in his life Fred got a hold of two books which mentioned his great grandfather. Those books are 'Whitefella Comin' by David S. Trigger and 'Frontier Justice by Tony Roberts. Fred comes from the Garawa and Butchulla Tribes, Fred is one of the Butchulla Songmen, a language custodian and multidisciplinary Artist.

    Frontier War Stories – Joshua Water and Dr Mark Copland – Battle of Meewah Commemoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021


    In episode Twenty Five of Frontier War Stories Gamilaraay man Joshua Waters and Dr Mark Copland both from the Friends of Multuggerah yarn with host Boe about The Battle of Meewah. On the 12-13th September 1843, eagle chief warrior of the Jaggera tribe, M... The post Frontier War Stories – Joshua Water and Dr Mark Copland – Battle of Meewah Commemoration first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Joshua Water and Dr Mark Copland - Battle of Meewah Commemoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 52:23


    In episode Twenty Five of Frontier War Stories Gamilaraay man Joshua Waters and Dr Mark Copland both from the Friends of Multuggerah yarn with host Boe about The Battle of Meewah. On the 12-13th September 1843, eagle chief warrior of the Jaggera tribe, Multuggerah, and the surrounding allied tribes led the masterful resistance now known as The Battle of Meewah (One Tree Hill)

    Frontier War Stories – Angus Murray – Wiradjuri Frontier Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021


    In episode Twenty Four Boe yarns with Angus Murray Wiradjuri PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle. Since episode Six of FWS Angus has changed his approach to his PhD in this episode we find out that Angus is now focusing on tactics used by Aborig... The post Frontier War Stories – Angus Murray – Wiradjuri Frontier Conflict first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Angus Murray - Wiradjuri Frontier Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 54:08


    In episode Twenty Four Boe yarns with Angus Murray Wiradjuri PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle. Since episode Six of FWS Angus has changed his approach to his PhD in this episode we find out that Angus is now focusing on tactics used by Aboriginal people in frontier conflict on his country the Wiradjuri nation.

    Frontier War Stories – Skye Krichauff – Reconciling with the Frontier Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021


    In episode Twenty Three Boe yarns with Dr Skye Krichauff about the Reconciling with the Frontier project which will develop a mapping tool that people can use to identify and learn about conflict sites between colonists and Aboriginal people. The project... The post Frontier War Stories – Skye Krichauff – Reconciling with the Frontier Project first appeared on Awesome Black - First Nations Creatives.

    Frontier War Stories - Skye Krichauff - Reconciling with the Frontier Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 49:59


    In episode Twenty Three Boe yarns with Dr Skye Krichauff about the Reconciling with the Frontier project which will develop a mapping tool that people can use to identify and learn about conflict sites between colonists and Aboriginal people. The project is focussing on research of conflicts between European settlers and Aboriginal people between 1836 and 1901. The project is about truth telling – bringing to light the atrocities that occurred against Aboriginal people here in South Australia.   Dr Skye Krichauff who is an ethno-historian who combines the methodologies of history and anthropology. She is interested in colonial cross-cultural relations, the relationship between history and memory, and how societies live with historical injustices.

    Frontier War Stories - Paddy McHugh - Gins Leap

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 42:07


    In episode Twenty Two Boe yarns with singer songwriter and teacher Paddy McHugh, we talk about a song he wrote titled Gins Leap. many years ago at the station I still work at I remember hearing a song for the first time with lyrics like this "On the Kamilaroi highway near the town of Boggabri There is a little truck stop there most travellers pass by But occasionally the weary or those who need to take a leak Will stop beside this spot by the name of Gins Leap, Now Gins Leap is a clifface a mighty wall of stone Left high above the plain by a volcano years ago There is a little sign there tucked underneath it's face That tells all who read it how Gins Leap got its name.   Click the link to hear the full song: https://soundcloud.com/paddy-mchugh/gins-leap

    Frontier War Stories – Paddy McHugh – Gins Leap

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021


    In episode Twenty Two Boe yarns with singer songwriter and teacher Paddy McHugh, we talk about a song he wrote titled Gins Leap. many years ago at the station I still work at I remember hearing a song for the first time with lyrics like this "On the Kamilaroi highway near the town of Boggabri There is a little truck stop there most travellers pass by But occasionally the weary or those who need to take a leak Will stop beside this spot by the name of Gins Leap, Now Gins Leap is a clifface a mighty wall of stone Left high above the plain by a volcano years ago There is a little sign there tucked underneath it's face That tells all who read it how Gins Leap got its name.   Click the link to hear the full song: https://soundcloud.com/paddy-mchugh/gins-leap

    Frontier War Stories – Professor Lyndall Ryan – Myall Creek Massacre Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021


    In episode Twenty One Boe yarn with Professor Lyndall Ryan from the University of Newcastle in NSW. On the 10th of June 1838 just outside of what is now Bingara in Northern NSW a group of 10 convict stockmen, led by a squatter, rode onto Myall Creek Station and brutally massacred about 28 Gamilaraay People, mostly older men, women and children in an unprovoked and premeditated attempt to get them off land. This event is now known as the Myall Creek Massacre and, whilst only one of many Massacres committed across Australia over a 100 year period, it's notable now for it was the first time that the perpetrators of such crimes were brought to justice. Following a second trial, seven men were executed. You would think after this trial the Killing of Aboriginal people would stop but in fact the killings continued.

    Frontier War Stories - Professor Lyndall Ryan - Myall Creek Massacre Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 56:32


    In episode Twenty One Boe yarn with Professor Lyndall Ryan from the University of Newcastle in NSW. On the 10th of June 1838 just outside of what is now Bingara in Northern NSW a group of 10 convict stockmen, led by a squatter, rode onto Myall Creek Station and brutally massacred about 28 Gamilaraay People, mostly older men, women and children in an unprovoked and premeditated attempt to get them off land. This event is now known as the Myall Creek Massacre and, whilst only one of many Massacres committed across Australia over a 100 year period, it's notable now for it was the first time that the perpetrators of such crimes were brought to justice. Following a second trial, seven men were executed. You would think after this trial the Killing of Aboriginal people would stop but in fact the killings continued.

    Frontier War Stories - Libby Connors - Billy Barlow The Good Looking Warrior

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 60:30


    In episode Twenty of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns Libby Connors author of Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier. Billy Barlow Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader, was born in the 1820s, the decade when British officials authorised the invasion and occupation of what would become the city of Brisbane. At some point during the 1840s Billy Barlow had joined Dundalli and the Aboriginal men of Bribie Island in their fight against the European invaders. Bribie Islanders were at the centre of the Aboriginal resistance around Brisbane from 1843 until at least 1859. Their success in removing white settlers, missionaries, timber rafters, and cattlemen from their country was remarkable. The markings on a spear found in the plundered hut were identified by police as belonging to Barlow and a warrant was issued for his arrest in August 1852. The reward notice described him as ‘a good looking man' (NSW Government Gazette 1852, 1248) with a long nose and a missing front tooth. Most of the description above found on Indigenous Australia website which is hosted by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. (https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/barlow-billy-29905)

    Frontier War Stories – Libby Connors – Billy Barlow The Good Looking Warrior

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021


    In episode Twenty of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns Libby Connors author of Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier. Billy Barlow Gubbi Gubbi headman and resistance leader, was born in the 1820s, the decade when British officials authorised the invasion and occupation of what would become the city of Brisbane. At some point during the 1840s Billy Barlow had joined Dundalli and the Aboriginal men of Bribie Island in their fight against the European invaders. Bribie Islanders were at the centre of the Aboriginal resistance around Brisbane from 1843 until at least 1859. Their success in removing white settlers, missionaries, timber rafters, and cattlemen from their country was remarkable. The markings on a spear found in the plundered hut were identified by police as belonging to Barlow and a warrant was issued for his arrest in August 1852. The reward notice described him as ‘a good looking man' (NSW Government Gazette 1852, 1248) with a long nose and a missing front tooth. Most of the description above found on Indigenous Australia website which is hosted by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. (https://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/barlow-billy-29905)

    Frontier War Stories - Ray Kerkhove - Aboriginal Communication on the frontier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 54:42


    In episode Nineteen Boe Yarn's with historian Ray Kerkhove. We yarn about the many methods of communication Aboriginal people used while fighting on the frontier, Ray also tells us about some of the new interesting things he has learnt about Aboriginal resistance on the frontier.

    Frontier War Stories – Ray Kerkhove – Aboriginal Communication on the frontier

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021


    In episode Nineteen Boe Yarn's with historian Ray Kerkhove. We yarn about the many methods of communication Aboriginal people used while fighting on the frontier, Ray also tells us about some of the new interesting things he has learnt about Aboriginal resistance on the frontier.

    Frontier War Stories - Uncle Dale Ruska - Battle of 'Narawai (Moongalba)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 61:12


    In episode Eighteen Boe Yarn's with Goenpul Goori Uncle Dale Ruska about frontier conflict on Stradbroke and Moreton Island known as the battle of 'Narawai (Moongalba).

    Frontier War Stories – Uncle Dale Ruska – Battle of 'Narawai (Moongalba)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021


    In episode Eighteen Boe Yarn's with Goenpul Goori Uncle Dale Ruska about frontier conflict on Stradbroke and Moreton Island known as the battle of 'Narawai (Moongalba).

    Frontier War Stories - Jimmy Kyle - 1856 Towel Creek Massacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 52:58


    In episode Seventeen I yarn with Jimmy Kyle frontman for Punk Rock band Chasing Ghost Koori man from the Thungutti nation on the NSW mid-north coast. Chasing Ghost have recently released a powerful truth telling song titled “Summer” that tells the story of the 1856 Towel Creek Massacre.

    Frontier War Stories – Jimmy Kyle – 1856 Towel Creek Massacre

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021


    In episode Seventeen I yarn with Jimmy Kyle frontman for Punk Rock band Chasing Ghost Koori man from the Thungutti nation on the NSW mid-north coast. Chasing Ghost have recently released a powerful truth telling song titled “Summer” that tells the story of the 1856 Towel Creek Massacre.

    Frontier War Stories - Dr Chris Owen - The Kimberley Frontier 1882-1905

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 40:40


    In episode sixteen of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Dr. Chris Owen who is a historian and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Western Australia. Dr Chris is the author of Every Mother's Son is Guilty: Policing the Kimberley Frontier of Western Australia 1882-1905. The interview is broken up into a few parts, talking about the use of chains on Aboriginal people and native police in the Kimberley region, Jandamarra the Aboriginal warrior who put fear into the eyes of the West Australian police force.

    Frontier War Stories – Dr Chris Owen – The Kimberley Frontier 1882-1905

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021


    In episode sixteen of Frontier War Stories Boe yarns with Dr. Chris Owen who is a historian and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History at the University of Western Australia. Dr Chris is the author of Every Mother's Son is Guilty: Policing the Kimberley Frontier of Western Australia 1882-1905. The interview is broken up into a few parts, talking about the use of chains on Aboriginal people and native police in the Kimberley region, Jandamarra the Aboriginal warrior who put fear into the eyes of the West Australian police force.

    Frontier War Stories - Lynley Wallis - Queensland Native Mounted Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 61:55


    Episode Fifteen Boe yarns with Lynley A. Wallis who is an Australian archaeologist and Associate Professor at Griffith University. The Queensland Native Mounted Police operated for over 50 years, from 1849 until 1904. It was organised along paramilitary lines, consisting of detachments of Aboriginal troopers led by white officers. It operated across the whole of Queensland and was explicitly constituted to protect the lives, livelihoods and property of settlers and to prevent (and punish) any Aboriginal aggression or resistance. This was often accomplished through violence in many forms, leading Henry Reynolds to characterise the NMP as “the most violent organisation in Australian history”.

    Frontier War Stories – Lynley Wallis – Queensland Native Mounted Police

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021


    Episode Fifteen Boe yarns with Lynley A. Wallis who is an Australian archaeologist and Associate Professor at Griffith University. The Queensland Native Mounted Police operated for over 50 years, from 1849 until 1904. It was organised along paramilitary lines, consisting of detachments of Aboriginal troopers led by white officers. It operated across the whole of Queensland and was explicitly constituted to protect the lives, livelihoods and property of settlers and to prevent (and punish) any Aboriginal aggression or resistance. This was often accomplished through violence in many forms, leading Henry Reynolds to characterise the NMP as “the most violent organisation in Australian history”.

    Frontier War Stories - Joseph Toscano - Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 45:16


    Episode Fourteen of Frontier War Stories Boe Yarns with Dr Joseph Toscano author of Lest We Forget The Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga, also national convenor of the Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner commemoration committee. At 8.00am on Tuesday the 20th of January 1842, over 5,000 people, a quarter of Victoria‟s white population, gathered at the outskirts of Melbourne crowding round the gallows erected on a small rise east of Swanston Street and north of La Trobe Street. The crowd, in a carnival mood, had come to see the public execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner. Early in October 1841, Tunnerminnerwait, Maulboyheenner, Pyterruner, Truganini and Planobeena – 5 of 16 Tasmanian Aborigines who had been brought to Melbourne by Robinson in 1839 to „civilise‟ the Victorian „blacks‟, stole two guns and some ammunition from a settlers hut at Bass River. Over the next seven weeks, they robbed many stations in Dandenong and Mornington, wounding four white men and killing two sealers „Yankee‟ and William Cook. All five were captured by a party of police, settlers, soldiers and black trackers on the 20th of November 1841. (Words taken from the Booklet "Lest We Forget The Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga)

    Frontier War Stories – Joseph Toscano – Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021


    Episode Fourteen of Frontier War Stories Boe Yarns with Dr Joseph Toscano author of Lest We Forget The Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga, also national convenor of the Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner commemoration committee. At 8.00am on Tuesday the 20th of January 1842, over 5,000 people, a quarter of Victoria‟s white population, gathered at the outskirts of Melbourne crowding round the gallows erected on a small rise east of Swanston Street and north of La Trobe Street. The crowd, in a carnival mood, had come to see the public execution of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner. Early in October 1841, Tunnerminnerwait, Maulboyheenner, Pyterruner, Truganini and Planobeena – 5 of 16 Tasmanian Aborigines who had been brought to Melbourne by Robinson in 1839 to „civilise‟ the Victorian „blacks‟, stole two guns and some ammunition from a settlers hut at Bass River. Over the next seven weeks, they robbed many stations in Dandenong and Mornington, wounding four white men and killing two sealers „Yankee‟ and William Cook. All five were captured by a party of police, settlers, soldiers and black trackers on the 20th of November 1841. (Words taken from the Booklet "Lest We Forget The Tunnerminnerwait & Maulboyheenner Saga)

    Frontier War Stories - Ray Kerkhove - Dundalli Day Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 34:26


    Episode thirteen of Frontier War Stories is broken up into two parts, this is Part 2 of Dundalli Day. In Part 2 Boe yarns with Ray Kerkhove about the 5th of January 1855 the day Dundalli was was hung at a site which is now The Brisbane GPO on Queen Street. Ray Kerkhove is a professional historian, cultural researcher and writer. He is currently Historian-in-Residence at Noosa, and an occasional historian with the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (Dept of Architecture, University of Qld).

    Frontier War Stories – Ray Kerkhove – Dundalli Day Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021


    Episode thirteen of Frontier War Stories is broken up into two parts, this is Part 2 of Dundalli Day. In Part 2 Boe yarns with Ray Kerkhove about the 5th of January 1855 the day Dundalli was was hung at a site which is now The Brisbane GPO on Queen Street. Ray Kerkhove is a professional historian, cultural researcher and writer. He is currently Historian-in-Residence at Noosa, and an occasional historian with the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (Dept of Architecture, University of Qld).

    Frontier War Stories - Libby Connors - Dundalli Day Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 38:56


    Episode thirteen of Frontier War Stories is broken up into two parts, this is Part 1 of Dundalli Day. In Part 1 Boe yarns with Libby Connors about the 5th of January 1855 the day Dundalli was was hung at a site which is now The Brisbane GPO on Queen Street.   Libby Connors is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Queensland. In 2015 Connors received the Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier.  

    Frontier War Stories – Libby Connors – Dundalli Day Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021


    Episode thirteen of Frontier War Stories is broken up into two parts, this is Part 1 of Dundalli Day. In Part 1 Boe yarns with Libby Connors about the 5th of January 1855 the day Dundalli was was hung at a site which is now The Brisbane GPO on Queen Street.   Libby Connors is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Queensland. In 2015 Connors received the Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance for Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier.  

    Frontier War Stories - Kristyn Harman - Aboriginal Convicts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 74:09


    In episode twelve Boe yarns with Associate Professor from the University of Tasmania Kristyn Harman author of Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles. As a result of the frontier wars fought across parts of Australia (and also at other British colonies' frontiers), Indigenous men ended up being transported as convicts. They served their sentences at places including Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island, and several of the penal islands in Sydney Harbour (Goat Island and Cockatoo Island). Several thousand Aboriginal men and boys also ended up being transported to Rottnest Island off the south-west coast of Western Australia.

    Frontier War Stories – Kristyn Harman – Aboriginal Convicts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020


    In episode twelve Boe yarns with Associate Professor from the University of Tasmania Kristyn Harman author of Aboriginal Convicts: Australian, Khoisan, and Maori Exiles. As a result of the frontier wars fought across parts of Australia (and also at other British colonies' frontiers), Indigenous men ended up being transported as convicts. They served their sentences at places including Van Diemen's Land, Norfolk Island, and several of the penal islands in Sydney Harbour (Goat Island and Cockatoo Island). Several thousand Aboriginal men and boys also ended up being transported to Rottnest Island off the south-west coast of Western Australia.

    Frontier War Stories - Mark Dunn - The Convict Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 52:35


    In episode Eleven Boe yarns with Mark Dunn, author of The Convict Valley: the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier.

    Frontier War Stories – Mark Dunn – The Convict Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020


    In episode Eleven Boe yarns with Mark Dunn, author of The Convict Valley: the bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier.

    Frontier War Stories - Lyndall Ryan - Aboriginal Resistance from Tasmania to New South Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 59:04


    In episode Ten of Frontier War Stories, Boe yarns with Professor Lyndall Ryan who is an academic and historian from the University of Newcastle. We chat about Professor Lyndall Ryan's earlier work which was on Frontier conflict in the 1820s and 1830s between Aboriginal people and British in New South Wales and Tasmania.

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