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Stockman's Challenge & Bush Festival
4 days of exciting competition with
our skilled Stockmen and Stockwomen
Bush Festival Entertainment f——ole family
27 February — 1 March 2020
Murrundi NSW
More information www.kingofthe ranges.com.au
The 2020 Inaugural

Pemulwuy indigenous resistance fighter Written Bush Poetry Competition
did not want them on his land guess. Many experts speculate $500 Prize Money!
and so the violence continued. that it is probably in a museum
Pemulwuy continued to basement somewhere in England. Original serious 1st $100 2nd $30 3rd $20
lead a violent revolt against “It’s entirely possible that it’s Original Humorous 1st $100 2nd $30 3rd $20
their settlement through mul- just sitting in a drawer or shelve $10 per poem or for two poems
tiple attacks. He speared cattle, somewhere,” one such expert Critique (if required) additional $10
burned huts, destroyed crops, lamented.
and attacked settlers. But though the fate of his Closing Date 1 February 2020
But even Governor King head remains uncertain, the Entries to:
found he still had to admire power of his legacy does not. The Secretary, Kay Seath (KOTR)
him. He wrote that the guerilla Aboriginal elders approached 17-28 Deaves Road, Cooranbong. 2265
leader was, “a terrible pest to the British government in 2010 Ph 0416 262 399
the colony, but he was a brave in a bid to find their great war- email (enquiries only) kaysie2@hotmail.com
and independent character.” rior’s head. www.kingoftheranges.com.au
Luck ran out for Pemulwuy Though they’ve yet to have
on June 2, 1802. He was fi- any luck, perhaps the story of
nally killed — shot by a settler Pemulwuy can ultimately have
named Henry Hacking who was a more fitting end for such a he-
tempted by the reward offered roic warrior.
by the governor. Should the head be found,
Probably to some extent accurately identifying his re-
because of the legends of his mains should not be a problem
invincibility the warrior’s head due to his distinctive left eye
was removed, preserved in a and the damage to his skull re-
glass jar, and sent back to Eng- ceived when he was struck with
land where it was stored in the a shovel by Black Caesar.
collection of well-known scien- If Pemulwuy’s head is ever
tist Sir Joseph Banks. found it seems assured it will be
One can’t call this barbaric respectfully returned to Australia. 2nd to 5th April 2020
because it was done in the so- In the end Pemulwuy, aka,
called name of science . . . the black crow, and, the rain-
Governor King issued orders bow warrior, was unceremoni- Celebrating 25 years of the MFSR Challenge &
with immediate effect to not ously proven to be as human as 125 years of the Angus Robertsons
“molest or ill-treat any native”, anyone else. Although he was publication of the Man From Snowy River poem!
and to re-admit them to the ar- not invincible, his name will live
eas of Parramatta and Prospect forever among great legends. Tickets & Camping ON SALE Monday 16th September
from which they had been forci- Indigenous and non-indige- We are working to make this an outstanding Festival once again.
bly excluded. nous people alike sing his prais-
Pemulwuy’s son, Tebury con- es and admire his courage and Our mailing address is:
tinued his father’s guerilla war tenacity with full respect and Man From Snowy River Bush Festival
until 1810 when he too was admiration. 50 Hansen st
killed. While such things remain, Corryong, Vic 3707
For a time in the 19th cen- Pemulwuy will always be a fair Australia
tury, the Pemulwuy’s head re- dinkum Australian hero. Per- ABN: 75 429 038 591
mained at the Royal College haps here is where his true Phone: (02) 6076 1992
of Surgeons in London but has immortality shall always reign eMail: admin@bushfestival.com.au
since been lost. supreme. Web site: https://www.bushfestival.com.au/
Where it is now is anyone’s

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