Kamis, 05 September 2013

Yagan story

my name is Muhammad Handika ,i am 14 years old,i live in Indonesia
and i am a descendant of Yagan .My ancestor was the part of Nyungar tribe.
now i want to tell a story about my ancestor
he was a tall man (described as being over 1.8 metres)he was both feared and admired by the British colonists.
his tribe lived harmony with the Europeans ,who had established a colony on the swan river in 1892.
and then the British mistook the Nyungar tradition of burning the land as an act of aggression,the nyungar would have seen it as taking land's resources.but the settler saw it as theft.
and after more battles,a reward was offered for his head.
when yagan finally captured,a Europeans named Robert Lyon admired yagan's courage and wished to study him.Yagan was exiled to a small rocky island,but escaped after six weeks.the colonists were angry about this;as punishment,they killed yagan's father and brother and increased the reward on yagan's head.
my ancestor(yagan) managed to avoid capture,continuing to fight for his people.then,in July 1833,he approached two shepherds he knew,asking for flour.when his back was turned,one of them,William Keats,shot him.
a reward was given for given for the killing of yagan.
yagan's head was sent to England in 1835.the hair was combed,and black and red cockatoo feathers were tied to the head as decoration.it was exhibited in Liverpool until 1964 when it was buried in Everton cemetery.in 1997,almost 165 years after being sent to England,yagan's head was returned to Australia for a proper burial. untill recently,the remains of many indigenous Australian were still held in several museums,causing great distress to indigenous communities who believe the souls of their ancestor cannot rest until their bodies are returned.in recent years,some British museums have commenced the process of returning such remains to their communities.

1 komentar:

  1. Great, Dika. But if you find time to edit and re-publish your work with better punctutations, it will be perfect. :)

    BalasHapus