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War, Aboriginal Sovereignty and the Australian War Memorial

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| Australian Aboriginal / First Nations archive | Gallipoli (1915) is a foundational event in the history of Australians at war; Botany Bay (1770) is another - earlier & the first. Lt. James Cook of the Royal Navy and a contingent of 12 marines invade Australia, @ Botany Bay / Kamay, circa 3pm, Sunday, 29 July 1770. Two Aboriginal men oppose the invasion, along with hundreds lining the shore. The two men are shot by Cook and one is killed. The British flag is planted as a claim of British sovereignty. Source: E. Phillips Fox, 1902, National Gallery of Victoria. NB: This article is not about the Frontier Wars / the Australian Wars. It is about the foundational event which gave rise to those conflicts.  Contents War! Australian Aboriginal War Botany Bay 1770 Frontier Wars dilemma Macquarie's War 1816 The 7.30 report Debunking Dillon Comments References ---------------- The invasion and conquest of a country by a foreign force constitu...
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Captain Cook at Kamay / Botany Bay 1770

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Captain Cook: Botany Bay 1770 | Disobeyance of orders 1770 | Woonona 28 April 1770 | "View from the shore" - Cook @ Kamay / Botany Bay / Stingray Bay First-hand accounts by local Aboriginal people 29 April - 6 May 1770 Two of the natives of New Holland advancing to combat [Kamay 29 April 1770] Contents Introduction Accounts Videos Murramurang References Acknowledgements -------------- [NB: Within this text the spelling of Indigenous words is fluid] 1. Introduction During the 1990s one of the present authors was informed by a member of the local Illawarra Aboriginal community - Jeff Timbery, a descendant of the Timbery clan of Kamay / Botany Bay - that, according to oral tradition, when HMB Endeavour under the command of Lt. James Cook first sighted the east coast of Australia at Point Hicks on 20 April 1770, the vessel in turn was closely observed by Aboriginal people (Organ 2016). This was not, in all likelihood, the first ...
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