Narrative | A newspaper (The Southern Cross Times of December 24, 1904 p25) reported on the exploits of a 'plucky pioneer' Harold Cocking who was a gold prospector in the Goldfields district in the 1890s. The article reports that following the death of a prospector named Cahill, 30 Aboriginal people were shot in reprisal.
'It took them four days to get there and they had to be extremely cautious and careful as the blacks were very wild and dangerous.
Some of them had murdered a prospector named Cahill and his mate and it was said that a party of whites avenged this by shooting about 30 of the aboriginals' (The Southern Cross Times, December 24, 1904 p25). |