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9780643108080.Pdf The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills Burke and of Story Aboriginal The This book is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860–61. It is the outcome of an Australian Research Council project and provides a history of Aboriginal cross-cultural exchanges with the expedition, as well as the various relief expeditions. The book offers a reinterpretation of the literature surrounding Burke and Wills, using official correspondence, expedition journals and diaries, visual art, and anthropological and linguistic research – and then complements this with references to Aboriginal oral histories and social memory. It highlights the interaction of expedition members with Aboriginal people and their subsequent contribution to Aboriginal studies. The book also considers contemporary and multi-disciplinary critiques that the expedition members were, on the whole, deficient in bush craft, especially in light of the expedition’s failure to use Aboriginal guides in any systematic way. Generously illustrated with historical photographs and line drawings, The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills The Aboriginal Story is an important resource for Indigenous people, Burke and Wills history enthusiasts and the wider community. of Burke and Wills FORGOTTEN NARRATIVES Edited by Ian D. Clark Clark D. by Ian Edited and Fred Cahir Fred and Edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir Aboriginal_Story_of_Burke_and_Wills_Cover.indd 1 23/04/13 9:07 AM The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills FORGOTTEN NARRATIVES Edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills FORGOTTEN NARRATIVES Edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir © Ian D. Clark and David A. Cahir 2013 Front cover: (top) ‘Portrait of Dick: the brave and gallant native guide’. Ludwig Becker. 21 December 1860. The Royal All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described Society of Victoria Collection: The State Library of Victoria. in the Australian Copyright Act 1968 and subsequent Accession no. H16486. (right, and title page) Detail from: amendments, no part of this publication may be reproduced, ‘No. 40. Mr. Shirt. Mr. Nogood. Missis Mallee. Natives on the stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by Darling. Darling Depot, Jan.12.1861’. Ludwig Becker. The any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, Royal Society of Victoria Collection: The State Library of duplicating or otherwise, without the prior permission of Victoria. Accession no. H16486. (bottom) ‘Sketch of route the copyright owner. Contact CSIRO PUBLISHING for all from Balranald to Scot’s station, roughly drawn by dead permission requests. reckoning, 26 Sep. 60’. Ludwig Becker. Watercolour, pen National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication and ink. Ludwig Becker Sketchbook. The Royal Society of entry Victoria Collection: The State Library of Victoria. Accession no. H16486. The Aboriginal story of Burke and Wills : forgotten narratives / edited by Ian D. Clark and Fred Cahir. Back cover: Detail from: ‘Watpipa the “Old Man”, our guide on Sep. 24. 60. L. Becker’. Ludwig Becker. Watercolour, pen 9780643108080 (hbk.) and ink. Ludwig Becker Sketchbook. The Royal Society of 9780643108097 (epdf) Victoria Collection: The State Library of Victoria. Accession 9780643108103 (epub) no. H16486. Includes bibliographical references and index. Front endpaper: Illustration by Kellee Frith from map Burke and Wills Expedition, (1860–1861) drafted by Frank Leahy (after Valmai Hankel and The Friends Aboriginal Australians. of the State Library of South Australia 2007 Finding Burke Explorers – Australia. and Wills). Australia – Discovery and exploration – Back endpaper: Illustration by Kellee Frith from map drafted 1851–1900. by Frank Leahy (after Bonyhady 1991). Clark, Ian D., 1958– Illustrations from the State Library of Victoria courtesy of Cahir, Fred, 1963– the State Library of Victoria 994 Set in Adobe Lucida 8/12 and Minion Pro Published by Edited by Adrienne de Kretser, Righting Writing CSIRO PUBLISHING Cover and text design by Andrew Weatherill 150 Oxford Street (PO Box 1139) Typeset by Andrew Weatherill Collingwood VIC 3066 Index by Russell Brooks Australia Printed in China by 1010 Printing International Ltd Telephone: +61 3 9662 7666 CSIRO PUBLISHING publishes and distributes scientific, Local call: 1300 788 000 (Australia only) technical and health science books, magazines and Fax: +61 3 9662 7555 journals from Australia to a worldwide audience and Email: [email protected] conducts these activities autonomously from the research Web site: www.publish.csiro.au activities of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The views expressed in this Published with assistance from the State Library of Victoria publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia represent those of, and should not be attributed to, the www.slv.vic.gov.au publisher or CSIRO. The copyright owner shall not be liable for technical or other errors or omissions contained herein. The reader/user accepts all risks and responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences resulting directly or indirectly from using this information. Original print edition: The paper this book is printed on is in accordance with Published with assistance from The Business School of the the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council®. The FSC® University of Ballarat promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Foreword Few episodes in Australia’s history have Victoria was fortunate in forming a liaison received as much attention as the Victorian with Professor Ian Clark and Dr Fred Cahir Exploring Expedition of 1860–61. Over 40 from the University of Ballarat. Their previous books, hundreds of paintings, several films, work on Aboriginal history and place names poems, music, numerous public memorials was an essential prerequisite for the task. The and sculptures have all celebrated or University of Ballarat and the Royal Society of commemorated the exploits and fate of Victoria were then successful in obtaining an Burke and Wills. From the contemporary Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to newspaper campaigns of the 1860s, through undertake the project. As part of the project, the Commission of Inquiry, Frank Clune in November 2011, the University of Ballarat and Alan Moorehead to Tim Bonyhady and hosted a symposium at which it became clear Sarah Murgatroyd, authors in successive that we had raised subjects that were long generations have sought to explain, and overdue for examination. in many cases to attribute blame for, the In creating this book Professor Clark and outcome of that expedition. Dr Cahir have brought together participants The Burke and Wills Anniversary at the symposium, including members of the Advisory Committee, established by the project team at the University of Ballarat. Royal Society of Victoria in 2008, identified The authors include scholars who have made major deficiencies in the existing histories. extensive and notable contributions to our Remarkably, no book had been written about understanding of Indigenous people, their the scientific achievements of the Victoria language and their relationship to the land. Exploring Expedition. Nor had any in-depth The introduction provided by Aaron study been made of the interaction between Paterson, a Yandruwandha descendant, Indigenous people and the expeditioners and sets the scene for the examination of the their potential and actual contribution to the interactions between the Yandruwandha expedition. We were determined to rectify people and Burke’s party at Cooper Creek. this through two sesquicentenary projects. Other records of oral histories also provide The first project culminated in the insights into the Aboriginal understanding at publication by CSIRO Publishing of Burke and the time. Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian The authors of this book provide linguistic Exploring Expedition. This notable work has and anthropological evidence which reminds changed the thinking about the scientific us that, far from being terra nullius, even the achievements of the expedition. most arid areas were populated by Aboriginal In its endeavours to ensure that the communities interlinked by language and Indigenous contribution to the VEE was given protocols and tradition. Although the proper consideration, the Royal Society of linguistic material gathered by the explorers V THE ABORIGINAL STORY OF BURKE AND WILLS was limited, it provides evidence of the path and possessed intellectual tools capable the expedition took as it moved through the of explaining the presence of strange areas occupied by different language groups. humans and animals. The geographical A central theme of this book is the and mythological territory they contrast between the skills, perceptions and inhabited was familiar to them. It was knowledge of the Indigenous people and the Europeans who were out of place, those of the new arrivals, and the extent anxious, aggressive, bristling with arms to which this affected the outcome of the and ready to use them. expedition. The very varied backgrounds To the new, brash and confident colony of the expedition members provide an of Victoria in the 1860s, the country to the opportunity to consider differing perceptions north represented territory to conquer and of the Indigenous people, their capability
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