They then moved east to the Hanson River where another eight were shot. "They saw him, and bang-bang all around, all over the place. Even he, albeit based only on the unsubstantiated writings of a journalist, agrees that many more died than the official record will admit. Similarly, other massacres that have occurred in the Ord River region have been recorded by Warmun artists such as Rover Thomas. The board sat for 18 days in January 1929 to consider three incidents (Brooks, Morton and Tilmouth) that resulted in the deaths of Aboriginal people, and in one more day, finished its report, finding that 31 Aboriginal people had been killed and that in each case the death was justified. The first witness was 12 year-old Lolorrbra (known as Lala) who testified in detail that he saw Arkirkra, Padygar and Marungali kill Brooks. It looks as if they were shot down at different places just to teach them and other aborigines a lesson. My grandfather was living in the hills, in a cave. During the night they surrounded his camp and at dawn 15 men armed with boomerangs and yam sticks rushed Morton. In a significant move towards healing the wounds of the past, NT Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw, in keeping with the day’s theme of ‘A Time To Tell The Truth’ went on the record to state that what had happened to Aboriginal people during 1928 was a crime. But what is known for certain is now etched into stone at Brooks Soak. One of the few survivors was Gwoya Jungarai, who left the area after the massacre destroyed his family. Murray took the stand next, angering Justice Mallen when he repeated his justifications for killing suspects. Bodies were burnt and there are no records of burials. The Pinjarra massacre, also known as the Battle of Pinjarra, is an attack that occurred in 1834 at Pinjarra, Western Australia on an uncertain number of Binjareb Noongar people by a detachment of 25 soldiers, police and settlers led by Governor James Stirling. Follow SBS News to join in the conversation and never miss the latest live updates. According to his own report, Murray also obtained the names of 20 accomplices (he never recorded the names, or explained how his informants, who were not eyewitnesses, knew them; nor were these inconsistencies ever questioned at later proceedings). Despite lunch for the jurors being provided by the local hotel, two of the jurors went home to eat. From August to October 1928, mounted police and civilians led by Constable William George Murray killed indiscriminately – in the last documented massacre of Aboriginal people on Australian soil. It is located on the Stuart Highway, about 280 km north of Alice Springs, about halfway from there to Tennant Creek.
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