• Midgegooroo (died 22 May 1833) was an Aboriginal Australian elder of the Nyungar nation, who played a key role in Aboriginal resistance to white settlement...
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  • Midgegooroo National Park, formerly the Canning National Park, is a national park in the Perth metropolitan region of Western Australia, 43 km (27 mi)...
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    the heads of the most aggressive Noongar warriors, including Yagan and Midgegooroo. This was to be among the most controversial of Irwin's initiatives during...
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    been born around 1795. His father was Midgegooroo, an elder of the Beeliar people; his mother was one of Midgegooroo's three wives. Yagan was probably a Ballaroke...
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  • (poet) Dallas Winmar Kim Scott Archie Weller Ken Colbung Leonard Collard Midgegooroo Ben Cuimermara Taylor Angus Wallam Della Rae Morrison Gina Williams Dallas...
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    servant Hugh Nesbitt), the execution without trial of Whadjuk elder Midgegooroo, the killing of his son Yagan in 1833, and the Pinjarra massacre in 1834...
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    Albany and Geraldton. All executions were by hanging except that of Midgegooroo, carried out by firing squad at the old Perth Gaol in 1833. Forty-three...
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    survival, and shortly thereafter he accidentally drowned. The situation for Midgegooroo was even more precarious. Violence flared when it was said 200 "savages"...
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    well-fashioned..of pleasing countenance", was, together with his father Midgegooroo and brother Monday, declared an outlaw after undertaking a series of...
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    River Leeuwin-Naturaliste Lesmurdie Falls Lesueur Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara Midgegooroo Millstream Chichester Milyeannup Mirima Mitchell River Moore River Mount...
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    Kurrara Kurrara) Midgegooroo National Park 30 November 2004 32°07′46″S 116°08′54″E / 32.1294°S 116.1484°E / -32.1294; 116.1484 (Midgegooroo) Millstream...
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    were hanged there. The first execution under British law was that of Midgegooroo, who on 22 May 1833 was executed by firing squad while bound to the door...
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    skirmishes between white settlers and Noongar men, one known by the name of Midgegooroo. After the establishment of the colony, Lake Monger was grouped with...
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  • GAS[2] Midgegooroo National Park II 2,493 30 November 2004 32°07′46″S 116°08′54″E / 32.1294°S 116.1484°E / -32.1294; 116.1484 (Midgegooroo) JAF Millstream...
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  • European lives in revenge for any death of Midgegooroo. The next day Mr Shaw informed Yagan that Midgegooroo had been executed. Settlers in Upper Swan...
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    station. The original southern alignment was four-laned and renamed Midgegooroo Avenue. The remaining section between Midgegoroo Avenue and Hammond Road...
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    section of the river to the sea. At the time of colonial settlement, Midgegooroo and Munday were leaders of these people. The Cannington-Wilson area was...
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  • formerly known as Pickering Brook National Park until 2008. It adjoins Midgegooroo National Park on the south. Western portions of the park lie in the Swan...
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    significant changes made to the old North Lake Road intersection, now renamed Midgegooroo Avenue. This project involves the construction of a bridge over Kwinana...
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  • the Ballardong people thought they would be killed without trial, like Midgegooroo had been. Stirling sent Bunbury and extra troops to York with instructions...
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  • capture and execution of two renowned Indigenous leaders, Yagan and Midgegooroo, as well as the establishment of the General Board of Education during...
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  • removed another one of the state's black spots, the Beeliar Drive and Midgegooroo Avenue intersection, reduce congestion on the Kwinana Freeway interchange...
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    River Leeuwin-Naturaliste Lesmurdie Falls Lesueur Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara Midgegooroo (formerly Canning) Millstream Chichester Milyeannup Mirima (formerly...
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  • hanged (unless other means of execution is stated) at the Perth Gaol: Midgegooroo – 22 May 1833 – Executed at the Perth Gaol by firing squad on a death...
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    Muir Nature Reserve Lane Poole Reserve Lesmurdie Falls National Park Midgegooroo National Park Milyeannup National Park Mount Frankland North National...
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    prisoners, and on 16 May 1833, Yagan's father respected aboriginal elder Midgegooroo, who was captured days earlier, was executed on site by a party of soldiers...
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    River Leeuwin-Naturaliste Lesmurdie Falls Lesueur Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara Midgegooroo Millstream Chichester Milyeannup Mirima Mitchell River Moore River Mount...
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