Pemulwuy
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Pemulwuy (/pɛməlwɔɪ/ PEM-əl-woy; 1750 – 2 June 1802) was a Bidjigal warrior of the Dharug Nation, an Aboriginal Australian people from New South Wales. One of the most famous Aboriginal resistance fighters in the colonial era, he is noted for his resistance to British colonisation which began with the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788.
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- Nyarla and the Circle of Stones
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Botany Bay
- Occupation
- politician
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- Pemulwuy.jpg
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- ethnic group
- Eora
- date of birth
- 1750-01-01
- date of death
- 1802-06-01
- point in time
- 1000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Conflict with settlers
- Spearing of McIntyre
- Governor Phillip's military expeditions
- Resistance
- Battle of Parramatta
- Escape
- Death
- Skull
- In the arts and media
- Legacy
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- Notes
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Pemulwuy (/pɛməlwɔɪ/ PEM-əl-woy; 1750 – 2 June 1802) was a Bidjigal warrior of the Dharug Nation, an Aboriginal Australian people from New South Wales. One of the most famous Aboriginal resistance fighters in the colonial era, he is noted for his resistance to British colonisation which began with the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788.
Pemulwuy lived near Botany Bay, known as Kamay in the Dharug language. He is considered to have been a carradhy (cleverman), a Dharug spiritual healer and culture keeper. In 1790, Pemulwuy began a twelve-year guerrilla war against the colonists, which continued until his killing and beheading in 1802.
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