Talk:Jackey Jackey

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Did you know... that in 1851, Jackey Jackey, a young Aboriginal Australian, was awarded a pure silver, specially engraved breastplate for heroic deeds by the then-Governor of New South Wales?

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General

member of a tribe of the Merton district near Muswellbrook [1]

1848:

overland expedition which was to travel from Rockingham Bay to Cape York in far north Queensland. During the expedition, Kennedy came to regard Jackey Jackey with the highest esteem for his unmatchable bushcraft, reliability and steadfast friendship. However, the expedition encountered insurmountable difficulties when nearing the Cape. Ten of the thirteen members of the expedition died by accident or from exposure or were killed by hostile Aboriginal people. Kennedy was fatally speared while making a dash for help to Cape York with Jackey Jackey in whose arms he died. Jackey Jackey, almost dead from exposure and fatigue, took the papers Kennedy instructed him to give to the governor and made the final journey to the supply ship Ariel anchored in the bay off Albany Island. On the ship he gave a moving account of the death of Kennedy and the demise of the expedition.[2]

April

in April 1848 he was selected to accompany the explorer Edmund Kennedy on his expedition in Cape York Peninsula.[3]

December

blacks attacked them and Kennedy was killed; still in danger Jackey buried him and then made his own escape. With heroic tenacity he made his way at last to the supply ship, reaching it about a fortnight later on 23 December 1848. Though completely exhausted, he could not rest the first night of his return, but grieved for his dead master.[4]

1851:

1851 Jackey Jackey was rewarded by the governor with a gorget which is the only one known to have been made from solid silver. It was a masterpiece by the firm Brush and MacDonnell and possibly their earliest piece.[5]

Bibliography

Aldrich, Robert F. "Colonialism and homosexuality" pg 231

Monumental Queensland: signposts on a cultural landscape By Lisanne Gibson, Joanna Besley p46

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