Temporal setting: 1890s
Location notes:
Brooking Gorge is the location where, according to Bunuba legend, Jandamarra shot off the hat of Constable Richard Pilmer.
Shooting Locations
Temporal setting: 1890s
Location notes:
Derby was the first permanent colonial outpost established by the settlers in the Kimberley region. It is located on King Sound, near the mouth of the Fitzroy River. The town's gaol held large numbers of Aboriginal prisoners, who were marched there in chains. They were forced to labour (in chains, and often against their will) on roads and tram-tracks.
Shooting Locations
Derby Gaol, Kimberley, Western Australia
Many Derby gaol prisoners were transferred to Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, near Fremantle.
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Temporal setting: 1880s
Location notes:
Early settler William Lukin was landlord of a million acres of Lennard River valley land, where he worked sheep. He named the property Lennard River station. He benefitted from the limestone Napier Range just 10 miles away, as this provided plentiful water and a natural barrier for his sheep. By 1890, large Aboriginal groups were attached to the homestead, performing servitude in exchange for protection. When Jandamarra was 11, he came to live on the station with his mother, Jini.
Shooting Locations
Lennard River station, Kimberley, Western Australia
Temporal setting: 1890s
Location notes:
William Forrester purchased this million acre property on the upper
Lennard River in 1882, and named it
Lillimooloora after his mispronunciation of 'Limarrurru', the word the
Bunuba people used for a tree that stood close to his homestead.
Shooting Locations
Lillimooloora station, Kimberley, Western Australia
William Forrester purchased this million acre property on the upper Lennard River in 1882, and occupied it from 1884. It bordered Lukin's Lennard River station on its northern boundary and - like Lukin's property - was divded by the Napier Range. By 1890, large Aboriginal groups were attached to the homestead, performing servitude in exchange for protection. After being banished from his Bunuba people, Jandamarra lived here almost permanently, striking up a friendship with Bill Richardson (he shot him there on October 31, 1894). The station was broken up after the 1894 Fitzroy flood. Police then took up residence at the homestead.
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Temporal setting: 1890s
Location notes:
The Napier Range runs south of, but parallel to, the King Leopold Range. It includes Windjana Gorge (formed by the intersection of the Lennard River), Geikie Gorge (the intersection of the Fitzroy River), and Tunnel Creek, all locations that were significant to the Bunuba resistance.
Shooting Locations
Temporal setting: 1897
Location notes:
Tunnel Creek is the location where Jandamarra was killed in 1897. It was a place of great spiritual importance to him, as it formed part of his spirit-country, Djumbud. It was his sanctuary; he successfully hid from the police on numerous occasions there.
Shooting Locations
Tunnel Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia
Visitors can wade through Tunnel Creek to the collapsed middle section and then out the other side. Take a good torch.
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Temporal setting: 1890s
Location notes:
Windjana Gorge was the actual, historical location of Jandamarra's hide-out. The site has significance for the Bunuba people as a burial ground and as a pathway through which the Rainbow Serpent travelled during the Dream Time, carving the walls of the gorge. It is formed by the intersection of the Lennard River and the Napier Range. Jandamarra's Rock, named after the resistance leader, is located in the middle of the gorge near the start of the walking trail.
Shooting Locations
Windjana Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia
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