Letter from William M. Bannatyne to Other Windsor Berry Esq. relating to the Myall Creek Massacre, 1...
Letter from William M. Bannatyne to Other Windsor Berry Esq. relating to the Myall Creek Massacre, 1...
Letter from William M. Bannatyne to Other Windsor Berry Esq. relating to the Myall Creek Massacre, 17 December 1838
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17 December 1838
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MLMSS 9668
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D36031/c04226.html
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Letter written on 1 sheet (folded to 3 pages and envelope) in cross-hatched handwriting from W. Bannatyne in Sydney to Other Windsor Berry Esq. at his address at Doddington Place, Kennington, Surrey, England, 17 December 1838.
After sharing news of his sister's new child and deploring Berry for not writing to him, Bannatyne proceeds to write...
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Letter from William M. Bannatyne to Other Windsor Berry Esq. relating to the Myall Creek Massacre, 17 December 1838
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Digital order no:Album ID : 1336593
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Purchased from Mossgreen, April 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
The Myall Creek massacre occurred on 10 June 1838 when twelve European settlers, seeking revenge after conflicts with local Indigenous people, came across a group of approximately 30 Wirrayaraay people at Myall Creek who they captured and subsequently murdered. The men returned two days later to the scene of the massacre to burn the bodies.
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MLMSS 9668
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n5lVzzg9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVzzg9
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1336513
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