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- The Battle of Broken River, also known as the Faithfull Massacre, sometimes spelt Faithful Massacre, is a battle that took place in 1838 when 20 Aboriginal Australians attacked 18 European settlers, killing eight of them. Reprisals against the Aboriginal people continued for many years afterwards, killing up to 100 people. (en)
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- European settlers
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- George and William Faithfull (en)
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- Battle of Broken River (en)
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- Broken River, near Benalla, Victoria (en)
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- A party of nine men reached the Broken River in the summer of 1837.
After crossing it they camped on its banks, where Magennis' mill now stands. Here they remained for a fortnight, with a large flock of sheep, while Faithful and a black boy rode forward to explore. He decided to take up a run near Euroa, subsequently known as Faithful's Creek and sent the boy back to the men with orders for them to bring on the sheep. These were then divided into two flocks, with two shepherds in attendance on each flock.
The first flock started about one hour before the second and had barely covered the first mile when the two shepherds were speared by the Merangans. The men in charge of the second flock, before they had proceeded half-a-mile, shared the same fate. The blood-thirsty natives proceeding towards the spot where the camp had been formed met the bullock dray, with five men in attendance. They again threw their spears with such deadly aim that three more men were killed. The two survivors, Brown and Glenn, beat a retreat, but the latter snatched up a loaded gun before he ran. They went parallel with the river, but at some distance from it, as the reeds stood thick along its banks and formed an excellent cover for the aborigines. They ran in a westerly direction towards Upoti potpon. Their enemies had made up their minds that none should escape, and so followed in hot pursuit. One of the fleetest was rapidly gaining on the whites, and had almost come within spearing distance when Glenn turned and shot him. The other blacks continued the chase. Another being faster than Brown, and getting close to him, threw his spear, but missed the intended victim, who immediately seized it. The two fugitives outlasted the aborigines. They left their boots as soon as possible to make the task of tracking them more difficult. They continued running until they were almost blind from exhaustion. (en)
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- The Battle of Broken River, also known as the Faithfull Massacre, sometimes spelt Faithful Massacre, is a battle that took place in 1838 when 20 Aboriginal Australians attacked 18 European settlers, killing eight of them. Reprisals against the Aboriginal people continued for many years afterwards, killing up to 100 people. (en)
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