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Phillip, like subsequent governors, responded warmly to the gentleness of the local Aborigines and attempted at all times in his own way to keep relations between the two groups friendly and open. Phillip forbade retaliation, but the peace was short lived and the influx of more convicts only added to the pressure. The colonists had no idea that their arrival and method of land clearance for farming was depriving the Aborigines of their means of survival, and the Aborigines only had limited understanding of the need to explain their situation to the Governors if they were to survive.
One of the few such occasions when they did was when the tribal elders successfully petitioned Gov. Hunter for their own fishing grounds. Had more communication between the two groups occurred, the situation would not have deteriorated as quickly as it did. As the settlers encroached on their tribal territories, the Aborigines fought back in the only way they knew how. The whites, fearful for their lives at what they saw as a string of unprovoked, bloodthirsty attacks, responded in a similar fashion.
Their superior weapons combined with their ever increasing numbers placed the Aborigines in a no-win situation. The first attack by Aborigines occurred on 30th May when two convicts, William Okey and Samuel Davis, were killed by natives while cutting rushes at Rushcutters Bay. Their bodies were found by Capt. Campbell of the Marines and taken to the hospital at Sydney Cove. According to eye witness reports, the two men had taken a canoe from one of the native fishing places.
Phillip, accompanied by a party of armed soldiers, did not seek retribution whilst investigating the incident, rather he tried to show all concerned he would handle such matters in a fair and just manner in future. The first major conflict between the two groups occurred in March Sixteen convicts had left their work at Brickfields and headed towards Botany Bay, intending to plunder the natives weapons and supplies while they were away from their camp. Aware of what was happening, the natives were ready and waiting for the convicts and set upon them, killing one and wounding seven.
Two armed parties were dispatched the following day to restore order, resulting in seven convicts being given lashes. As was his custom, Gov. Phillip did not punish the natives involved. Phillip had developed a friendship, became the first native to take up residence in the Sydney Cove settlement. Bennelong's action seemed to strengthen relations between the local tribes and the whites and his hut, built by Phillip on Bennelong Point, became a congregating place for Aboriginal people visiting the settlement.
Reports of attacks by natives on white settlers continued, however, though it is not known how many such attacks were retaliatory. In December 1,, a convict, John McIntire, and three other convicts had gone hunting in the Kogarah Bay area when they were attacked by natives. McIntire later died from a spear wound.
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In an angry outburst that was totally out of character, Gov. Phillip dispatched an expedition, issuing them with orders to capture or kill six Aborigines from the Botany Bay district. He issued the party with hatchets with which to cut off the heads of those they killed and bags in which to bring back the heads. Lieut William Dawes, who was part of the expedition, was one of a number who was repulsed by the order and at first refused to go.
His disobedience cost him his close friendship with the Governor and resulted in his application for a second three-year term of service in the colony being refused. The man punitive expedition failed to sight any Aborigines and a second expedition fared no better. The next major incident occurred eleven months later when Aborigines attacked 13 convict farmers at Rose Hill, burning down a house and murdering all the occupants.
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In , Aborigines in the Parramatta region commenced a series of organised raids in the dead of night. Their leader was Pemulwuy, who was identified as the murderer of convict McIntire. After one such raid north of Parramatta in which two men were killed, the white settlers banded together to form a common defense. After the next attack, they quickly armed themselves and followed the natives through the bush. At dawn, they came upon a group of about who at first prepared to attack, but fled when they saw that the colonists were armed.
An hour later, a large group led by Pemulwuy approached the outskirts of Parramatta. Screaming in defiance, Pemulwuy threatened to spear anyone who tried to take him. When a soldier moved towards him, Pemulwuy threw a spear and all hell broke loose. At least five natives were killed by musket fire and many others were injured, including Pemulwuy who suffered serious wounds.
He was taken to hospital, but in spite of being in leg irons, managed to escape. No attempt was made to catch him and there are no records of him attacking white settlers again. Pemulwuy It appears that the Parramatta raids were the first of many planned by Pemulwuy who had incited a number of Aboriginal groups throughout the Sydney area to attack their local white communities. Long after the Parramatta fight, an armoury of spears, axes and knives made by the local aborigines was found in caves near where the Campbell Parade pavilion on Bondi Beach now stands.
It is said the weapons were made by warriors in the late s in preparation for a major assault on white settlers which never eventuated. The Aborigines were the clear losers at Parramatta and the defeat of what were the strongest native warriors in the Sydney region broke the spirits of any others who had hopes of driving the whites back to the land from which they had come.
Attacks in and around the settlements became less frequent, and by the time Lachlan Macquarie took over as Governor in , they had virtually become part of history. Though the physical conflicts between the two groups had altered the Aboriginal way of life, they had little effect on their numbers and there is no evidence to suggest that they were wiped out in a process that is today described as ethnic cleansing.
Nevertheless, the number of Aborigines was dramatically reduced within the period of a few short years as a direct result of their lack of immunity to white mans diseases. In April , an epidemic of what is believed to have been Smallpox swept through the Aboriginal communities of the Sydney area, wiping out large numbers and in doing so decimating their culture. The source of the outbreak is not known as records of the day indicate there were no person or persons in the colony thus infected to spread the disease, nor had any such person recently arrived.
It has been suggested that the disease may have been introduced in by an infected member of La Perouses crew when the French explorer camped on the northern shores of Botany Bay in January and February of that year. Others cite a crew member of Cooks Endeavour though this would seem unlikely as it is not a disease which could remain dormant for 19 years before flaring up and infecting a large part of the community. Yet others suspect some of the the Smallpox vaccination serums out brought with the First Fleet were released either accidentally or deliberately, perhaps without the knowledge of Phillip.
Having no resistance to the disease and with no cure or vaccination available to combat the outbreak, the death rate among the Aborigines climbed alarmingly. Reports of natives found weak and dying around the bays of Sydney Harbour flooded in but authorities and medical staff could do nothing to stop it. Because of their close proximity to the white settlement, the Cardigals were one of the first clan to be infected by smallpox. By the end of , their numbers had halved. It became a tradition for the Government to give each Aborigine a gift of a blanket each Christmas.
Commenced by Gov. Macquarie in line with British Government policy to attempt to live as peaceably with the natives as possible, the Aborigines from the whole north shore region, believed to have numbered in excess of 1, when the First Fleet arrived, used to congregate in the coastal caves and overhangs to receive their gifts. By the s, less than blankets were distributed. The tradition stopped in when no one turned up for their Christmas gift. In the mid s, the whole surviving Aboriginal population from the Sydney area had found it necessary to move south as, year by year, the white settlement encroached futher and further into their tribal lands.
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By , there were just 26 Aborigines drawn from all of the Port Jackson clans living in a mission established by the whites at Frenchmans Bay near La Perouse. It is known that at least four sites were used during the colonys first four years. Two sites in The Rocks are known to have been used for this purpose by the First Fleeters.
This description places it within the block bounded by Essex, Gloucester, Grosvenor and Harrington Streets. Another site, used for the burial of seamen and marines, was an area known as Campbells Ridge at Dawes Point. It later became the garden of merchant Robert Campbell.
It was here that Australias oldest existing gravestone was erected.
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Its inscription reads: In memory of George Graves late boatswains yeoman of H. Sirius who departed this life ye 10th July 8 aged 48 years. The stone is now on display in the Coach House at Vaucluse House. Indications are that the colonial death rate was far higher than anticipated as these two sites filled up far quicker than expected.
This would have been exacibated by the arrival of the Second Fleet.
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More than half of its convict cargo had died on the journey out or within a few months of their arrival. To cope with the increased demand, a third burial site was opened near the Military Barracks in what is now Clarence Street. No records indicate when this burial ground was first used but it appears to have been some time in An official letter dated September which speaks of the opening of a new burial ground on the site of the Sydney Town Hall dates the year in which the Clarence Street site was closed as Prior to the establishment of the cemetery, the land had been farmed by a recluse, named Tom Dick.
When he was murdered, no one claimed the land so its ownership reverted to the state, whereupon it was set aside for burials. It was used for this purpose from until when it was replaced by the Sandhill Cemetery on the corner of Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets, a site now occupied by Central Railway Station. The George Street site was the first burial ground to be located outside of what was then the town area. It was extended by Gov. Over 2, bodies were interred at the George Street Burial Ground. When the site was resumed for the construction of Sydney Town Hall in , many remains and gravestones were removed to Rookwood Cemetery.
In , during excavations for the Town Hall shopping arcade, a number of brick vaults, one of which contained a coffin, were uncovered. In a world where the countries of Europe were jostling for superiority and control of world trade, Britain had no friends as such, least of all the French with whom the relation was at best unfriendly. Even as the colony was settling in at Sydney Cove, Gov. Phillip was formulating a plan which included fortifications around the entrance to Sydney Cove and the establishment of a system of lookouts near the entrance to Port Jackson Sydney Harbour.
His actions were hardly surprising since he was a military man and the settlement on Sydney Cove was little more than a military outpost which employed convicts to do the dirty work. Ruins of Dawes Point fort, s Dawes Point Phillips first step was to fortify the entrance to Sydney Cove, as much to provide defence should there be a convict uprising as to engage any enemy ships that might came in close to the town in a hostile manner. Dawes had impressed Phillip on the journey out with his positive, outgoing attitude, knowledge of astronomy and abilities in cartography. Entrusted with a telescope by the Astronomer Royal, Dr Maskeleyne, for the observing a comet that would appear towards the end of but only in the southern hemisphere, Dawes was given permission to set up his observatory on the tip of the rocky point to the west of Sydney Cove which was named in honour of Dr Maskeleyne.
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Upon completion of the task he was instructed to build a simple mud redoubt for the storage of explosives near his observatory, which he did. A similoar fort was erected on Cattle Point Bennelong Point. To make as much room as possible for the purchases which it was hoped it would bring back, eight guns from the Sirius were taken ashore and mounted at the Dawes Point fort, which was extended to accommodate the additional firepower. In the s, a more permanent structure was built with five mortars, thirteen 42 pounder cannon, a magazine and quarters for a garrison of soldiers and their commanding officer.
This fort remained intact until when the section above ground was demolished to make way for the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The recent partial restoration and interpretation of the archaeological remains of the fort, including its powder magazine, gun battery and Officers' Quarters gives an impression of the fort's former grandeur and importance in the strategic defence of Sydney.