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322:'A gentleman, who passed through South Gundagai on Monday, complains that he saw some individuals whom, he supposes, would expect to be considered men, maltreating and teasing an unfortunate blackfellow, whom he subsequently ascertained was Old Yarri. He reminds us that this blackfellow was instrumental in saving the lives of many white people in the disastrous flood of 1852, and that the only thanks he received was to be kicked around by a lot of white rascals. Through the passing of time we have come to respect the Aboriginal people of this land and we hope for the future that Australia will be as one.'
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entitled to collect sixpence from settlers. Yarri, Jackey Jackey and Tommy Davis were honoured with bronze breastplates for their efforts, and were allowed to demand sixpences from all
Gundagai residents, although Yarri was maltreated on at least one occasion after the flood. Long Jimmy died not long after his rescues, possibly from the effects of being exposed to the freezing cold and wet conditions. The rescue effort and reward to Tommy Davis are recorded in an old Gundagai Independent newspaper.
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347:, observing that he was well cared for here,' had plenty tucker, and bed,' and would rather die ' along o' Gundagai.' Anticipating the probability of his removing to Sydney or elsewhere, he, on Wednesday morning, at dawn of day managed to crawl away from, the hospital to his old quarters at South Gundagai, where he now is, and where he must soon end his days.'." (
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Yarri evidently returned to the
Gundagai region and is said to have saved the life of John Hargreaves at the time of the 1844 flooding in the area. His act earned him the friendship of the family and he lived on their property at Tarrabandra until his death. A number of stories circulate suggesting
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regularly had sex with boys. They also tried to lure Yarri away, enticing him to go possum hunting with them. The
Taungurung men already had three guns and numerous spears in their possession and when their attempts to lure the colonists away failed, they shot at Stuckey Junior and a skirmish broke
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on 25 June 1852, 48 houses in North
Gundagai were washed away and the overflow killed a large number of local white people, with estimates varying from 81 to almost 100, out of the town's population of 397, of whom 49 were rescued by aboriginals. The event itself became one of the largest natural
227:, but refused to be transported to Sydney for treatment, and crept out of the hospital in April to return to his dwelling, preferring to die in the area he belonged to at Gundagai. He subsequently died on 24 July 1880 and is buried in the Catholic Section of the North Gundagai General Cemetery.
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in 1841. This identification would place Yarri a long way from his traditional lands. The association of the two goes back to newspaper reports at the time. In the same year as the flood, the
Brungle aboriginal community is said to have blamed him for the death of a part Aboriginal woman, Sally
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There are several tributes to Yarri in the
Gundagai area including a town memorial, sundial, marble plaque and black marble headstone. A mural painted around the walls of the lounge bar in the Criterion Hotel in Gundagai depicts the scene. Yarri Park, a recreation area below the main street in
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Though poems and stories were published at the time celebrating the heroic efforts of the aborigines in rescuing whites, public recognition in terms of a material reward was slow in coming. It was only in 1875, by which time Jackey had died, that it was announced that the native rescuers were
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Yarri became an accomplished stockman, shepherd, horseman and bullock driver at Willie Ploma. He also was a proficient whip-maker, cobbler and farm worker. He fenced much of
Stuckey's cattle paddocks and plowed, sowed and reaped Stuckey's wheat and vegetable fields. He was described as a very
184:, warning of 'big water', had inundated the area on several occasions in the past, in 1844, and August 1851. Old Aboriginals had cautioned people building in the district of its dangers, recounting that in earlier times, water had risen so high that it covered the tops of large gum trees.
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Conflict between
Stuckey's men and the local Taungurung clans soon developed. A band of 15 Taungurung men led by Jaggy Jaggy tried to lure the white men away from their guns with the prospect of having sex with boys, saying that plenty of white men located nearby on the recently colonised
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Taungurungs, named "Andrew", was shot in the back, while Yarri was speared in the shoulder, the force of which knocked him into a creek. The Taungurungs retreated and Stuckey's men removed the spear from Yarri's shoulder, treated his wound, and eventually Yarri recovered.
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In 2017 a
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283:"The Burial Registers of the Anglican Church of Yass recorded the burials of 73 Anglicans, and according to an Anglican clergyman, Rev C. F. Brigstocke, eight Catholics also drowned. Lachlan Ross, an eyewitness, noted that almost 100 people perished." (
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