Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy was a Bidjigal warrior and resistance leader who fought British colonization around Sydney from 1790 until his death in 1802.

Bidjigal: An Aboriginal people of the Sydney region, associated with the area around Botany Bay and Georges River. Pemulwuy belonged to the Bidjigal people, whose Country lay within the expanding colony.
War of the Hawkesbury and Nepean: A series of conflicts between Aboriginal peoples and British settlers around the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers, chiefly from 1794 to 1816. It shows how frontier violence continued beyond Pemulwuy’s campaigns around Sydney.
Arthur Phillip: The first governor of New South Wales, who led the British colony from 1788 to 1792. Phillip’s administration responded to conflict involving Pemulwuy with proclamations and punitive expeditions.
Pemulwuy's death: Pemulwuy was shot and killed by British forces near Parramatta in 1802. His death ended his direct leadership but did not end Aboriginal resistance.
Eora: A name used for Aboriginal peoples of the Sydney region, especially around the first British settlement. Pemulwuy’s resistance unfolded among the Aboriginal communities of the broader Sydney region.
Pemulwuy's raid on the Toongabbie farm: A 1797 attack by Pemulwuy and other Aboriginal people on a government farm at Toongabbie near Sydney. The raid illustrates attacks on colonial food supplies and property during the resistance.
John Hunter: The second governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. Hunter’s government faced Pemulwuy’s continuing resistance and authorized efforts to capture him.
Pemulwuy's head: Pemulwuy’s severed head was sent to Britain after his death and has not been returned. The fate of his remains remains a prominent issue in calls for repatriation.
Sydney Cove: The sheltered inlet where the British established their first permanent settlement in Australia in 1788. The settlement at Sydney Cove became the colonial center Pemulwuy’s resistance opposed.
Parramatta: A settlement founded by the British west of Sydney Cove in 1788, on Burramattagal Country. Parramatta became a recurring site of encounters between Pemulwuy’s forces and colonists.

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