Threat to shoot Winberree, Jacka Jacka, or Billy Hamilton

Date: 17 Apr 1840 – 17 Oct 1840
Place: Goulburn
Event type: threat
Direct violence: No
Stockholders said they would shoot Winberry, Jacka Jacka or Billy Hamilton if they met them.

People involved

  • Jagga Jagga (aka Jackey Jackey, Jacky Jacky, Jakka Jakka) — Resistance leader — Wurundjeri Willam, Kulin Nation
  • Winberri (aka Windberri, Winberrie, Wenberi, Winberree, Tinbury) — Resistance leader, head warrior under Ngurungaeta Bejeman — Wurundjeri Woiwurrung, Kulin Nation
  • Winberry (b)
  • Yabbi (aka Billy Hamilton, Yabbee) — Ngurungaeta, Resistance leader and diplomat — Taungurung, Kulin Nation

Sources

  • LATE AFFAIR WITH THE ABORIGINES. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Saturday 17 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225005618

Event mentions

  • Threat to shoot Winberree, Jacka Jacka, or Billy Hamilton
    17 Apr 1840 – 17 Oct 1840 — Goulburn — threat
    Stockholders said they would shoot either of the three Aboriginal ringleaders if they met them.
    People: Many of the most respectable, as well as wealthy and influential stockholders | Winberree, Jacka Jacka or Billy Hamilton
    Source: LATE AFFAIR WITH THE ABORIGINES. Port Phillip Gazette (Vic. : 1838 - 1845), Saturday 17 October 1840, page 2 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/225005618