A bit different from my normal blog. I don't have to write much, they plaques speak for themselves! In a way it is a picture of what Tony & I have learnt about this amazing area of Australia. Probably The Never Never Cemetery of Elsie Station started the "real" realisation of the hardships, disrespect & bravery faced by the pioneers of the remote areas of NT & WA in the history of modern settlement of Australa by people so far from their comfort zone.
The murder of Miller recruiting Aborigines for the pearling luggers would probably have been warranted for the time as he would have been "black birding". In other words he would be taking aborigines by force to become pearl divers. Often they were free diving to fair depths without any air. Young pregnant aboriginal women were discovered to be excellent free divers so they would also have been blackbirded against their will.
The memorial in the Main Street is for pioneers buried on properties, river banks, beaches (mostly Afghans) & in lonely scrub areas. Interestingly Lang Hancocks parents & sister were also included & they are buried on the station "Mulga" not too far distant.
The final photo is In Marble Bar Pioneer Cemetery but it is indicative of the lonely graves of the pioneers remembered from the local area in the wall photos above.
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