Lucky Luke
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The Battle of One Tree Hill was one of a series of conflicts that took place between European settlers and Aboriginal communities during Australia's #FrontierWars.
Led by Jaggera warrior Multuggerah (c. 1820–1846), the resistance brought together mountain Peoples from the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley area to reclaim the lands they had been dispossessed of.
The battle began with an ambush on Meewah (Tabletop Mountain) in 1843, with warriors placing logs across the road to prevent the transport of sheep and cattle by settlers to towns beyond.
When the dray column stopped to dismantle the barricades, over 100 warriors leapt from their concealment and attacked. Surprised, the settlers turned and ran, leaving the bullocks and drays.
The European settlers sent out a call for reinforcements to join them on a punitive expedition and a second attempt to force their way along the track. After gathering a larger party of between 35 and 50 armed men they set off once again. They returned to the site of the ambush and from there searched for the warriors’ camp. They discovered it around dawn and attacked immediately on horseback, catching Multuggerah and his warriors by surprise.
Retreating up Meewah, to a planned defensive position, warrior men and women rained spears, rocks, and boulders down on the attacking European settlers - unable to make progress up the hill they withdrew.
Making the Battle of One Tree Hill one of the first solid defeats of white settlement in Queensland.
Image: possible reconstruction of the battle site (Table Top Mountain, Google)
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Led by Jaggera warrior Multuggerah (c. 1820–1846), the resistance brought together mountain Peoples from the Darling Downs and Lockyer Valley area to reclaim the lands they had been dispossessed of.
The battle began with an ambush on Meewah (Tabletop Mountain) in 1843, with warriors placing logs across the road to prevent the transport of sheep and cattle by settlers to towns beyond.
When the dray column stopped to dismantle the barricades, over 100 warriors leapt from their concealment and attacked. Surprised, the settlers turned and ran, leaving the bullocks and drays.
The European settlers sent out a call for reinforcements to join them on a punitive expedition and a second attempt to force their way along the track. After gathering a larger party of between 35 and 50 armed men they set off once again. They returned to the site of the ambush and from there searched for the warriors’ camp. They discovered it around dawn and attacked immediately on horseback, catching Multuggerah and his warriors by surprise.
Retreating up Meewah, to a planned defensive position, warrior men and women rained spears, rocks, and boulders down on the attacking European settlers - unable to make progress up the hill they withdrew.
Making the Battle of One Tree Hill one of the first solid defeats of white settlement in Queensland.
Image: possible reconstruction of the battle site (Table Top Mountain, Google)
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