COMMENCEMENT OF ABORIGINAL GENOCIDE (1790)

Jai McAllister and Alexis Moran on commencement of violence-based Aboriginal Genocide (2020): “In December 1790, Pemulwuy speared convict and gamekeeper, John McIntyre. McIntyre was known for killing Aboriginal people and was feared and hated by the Eora. As a result, Governor Philip King ordered the killing of six Indigenous men from Pemulwuy's tribe and the capture of two for execution… In May 1801, Governor King issued an order that Aborigines near Parramatta, Georges River and Prospect could be shot on sight” (Jai McAllister and Alexis Moran, “The life of Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy, a figure of resistance”, ABC News, 1 May 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-01/the-story-of-aboriginal-resistance-warrior-pemulwuy/12202782 ).

ABC News on commencement of violence-based Aboriginal Genocide (2017): “In April 1816, [Governor Lachlan] Macquarie ordered soldiers under his command to kill or capture any Aboriginal people they encountered during a military operation aimed at creating a sense of "terror". At least 14 men, women and children were brutally killed, some shot, others driven over a cliff” (ABC News, “Fact check: Was Lachlan Macquarie a mass murderer who ordered the genocide of Indigenous people? Not cut and dried”, 10 November 2017: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-27/fact-check-did-lachlan-macquarie-commit-mass-murder-and-genocide/8981092?nw=0 .