Walking around Coleraine

Indigenous History

There were many clashes with the aboriginals. Konongwootong was an area where the pioneers administered poison in flour and gave it to the aboriginals. They buried the bodies there.
During the 1946 floods, their bones were uncovered.
Sketches: Courtesy of Thomas Day.

John Lovett, Indigenous Elder

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There were many clashes with the aboriginals. Konongwootong was an area where the pioneers administered poison in flour and gave it to the aboriginals. They buried the bodies there. During the 1946 floods, their bones were uncovered. Sketches: Courtesy of Thomas Day.

This story was told by John Lovett, Indigenous Elder