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Gold Museum, Ballarat
Gold Museum, Ballarat
Gold Museum, Ballarat
The First Settlers discover Buckley
Buckley Discovering Himself To The Early Explorers
The Wild White Man and the Blacks of Victoria 2nd Edition
The First Settlers discover Buckley
The hulks of HMS Calcutta (right)
HMS Excellent and HMS Calcutta
Buckly's Falls (Lower LHS)
The hulks of HMS Calcutta (right)
Buckley's Galleries
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Our large colored engraving represents a scene of a somewhat romantic character which occurred in the early days of Victoria. It is a meeting which took place on the 12th July, 1835, between a wild white man who had been long associated with the blacks, and a party of the first white settlers. On the left of the picture we see the settlers who had come over from Tasmania, and some blacks they had brought with them from that island, though originally belonging to the Sydney side; the hut of the white men and the gunyah of the blacks are visible close to the sandy beach at a place on the shores of Port Phillip Bay, which, since the days of early settlement has been called Indented Heads. Both the whites and their black companions look with astonishment at the appearance of a man, gigantic in size, who is recognisable on the right of the picture clad in a kangaroo skin, and armed with the spears of the natives, and with a waddie or club. One of the settlers laying his arm on the shoulder of another points with mingled wonder and fear to the complexion of this gigantic visitor, neither black like the natives, nor white like the settlers; and, also, to some marks on his bare arm, which seem to indicate the possibility of his being a long lost country-man of their own. The tableau is very striking, and the story is one of the cherished traditions of the country.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, THE WILD WHITE MAN OF VICTORIA
Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne), Sat., 24 April, 1869, page 91
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Who was Buckley?
William Buckley Bent's News and Tasmanian Three-Penny Register (Hobart Town), Saturday 30 September 1837, page 3
Tasmania. Death of William Buckley The Argus (Melbourne), 7 Feb., 1856, Page 5
The Life and Adventures of William Buckley The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 March, 1856, Page 7
WILLIAM BUCKLEY. THE "WILD WHITE MAN Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 12 March 1870, page 6
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, THE WILD WHITE MAN OF VICTORIA Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers (Melbourne), Sat., 24 April, 1869, page 91
Why Buckley's Falls?
Etemology of Buckley's Chance?
Waroon, The Strong
A fictional and serialised story about the times of William Buckley.
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Fyansford.com Research Resource
John Helder Wedge
1835 Walking the Hills with Wedge and Buckley On Tuesday 18th August 1835, the first steps were taken toward the colonisation of Geelong by John Helder Wedge, a surveyor working for the Port Phillip Association. After setting up camp at Indented Head, Wedge guided by William Buckley who had lived with the Mon:mart clan of the Wadawurrung people for 30 years and knew the area well by its indigenous names, headed into the unknown for a seven day tour. Making observations they walked from Breamle
1835 Walking the Hills with Wedge and Buckley On Tuesday 18th August 1835, the first steps were taken toward the colonisation of Geelong by John Helder Wedge, a surveyor working for the Port Phillip Association. After setting up camp at Indented Head, Wedge guided by William Buckley who had lived with the Mon:mart clan of the Wadawurrung people for 30 years and knew the area well by its indigenous names, headed into the unknown for a seven day tour. Making observations they walked from Breamle
Recreating the Country Blog
William Buckley,
the Wild White Man
Sorrento Bay and beach in detail
William Buckley, the Wild White Man
Sorrento Bay and beach in detail
Suzy Keys
William Buckley
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This work shows William Buckley meeting John Batman for the first time at Indented Head after decades living with the local indigenous community. It's interesting to note that John Batman wasn't actually there when Buckley arrived at the camp. We also know from written accounts that there were no women at the camp. By Frederick William Woodhouse, 1861
200th Anniversary of First European Settlement (2003)
A dummy representing a convict, in a straitjacket inside cell no.9 on board a prison hulk. Note the upward curve of the cell's wall, which is formed by the hull of the ship.
This work shows William Buckley meeting John Batman for the first time at Indented Head after decades living with the local indigenous community. It's interesting to note that John Batman wasn't actually there when Buckley arrived at the camp. We also know from written accounts that there were no women at the camp. By Frederick William Woodhouse, 1861
Postscripts to Australian History
POSTSCRIPTS TO AUSTRALIAN HISTORY The Argus (Melbourne) Aug 1946
POSTSCRIPTS TO AUSTRALIAN HISTORY The Argus (Melbourne) Aug 1946
POSTSCRIPTS TO AUSTRALIAN HISTORY The Argus (Melbourne) Aug 1946
POSTSCRIPTS TO AUSTRALIAN HISTORY The Argus (Melbourne) Aug 1946
The Argus, Melbourne 1946
A fictional and serialised story about the times of William Buckley.
A fictional and serialised story about the times of William Buckley.
Waroon, the Strong
Colonial Times, Hobart 1848
Ergo
State Library of Victoria
William Buckley Books
Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia The Life and Adventures of William Buckley, the Runaway Convict
First edition copy of John Morgan's 'The Life and Adventures of William Buckley ...'. Small, green hard cover book with green leather spine and corners. Gold embossed title on spine. 1852
John Morgan 2002
Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia The Life and Adventures of William Buckley, the Runaway Convict
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William Buckley The Wild White Man Frederick Grosse 1828-1894 engraver
Grosse, F. Engraved portrait of William Buckley, The Wild White Man. The Newsletters of Australasia. Number XIV. August 1857.
Cartoon by Oslo Davis Source Museum Victoria
William Buckley The Wild White Man Frederick Grosse 1828-1894 engraver
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Thirty Years
Among the Blacks of Australia
William T. Pyke, 1904 Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia: the life and adventures of William Buckley the runaway convict
Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia
Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia: the life and adventures of William Buckley the runaway convict
William T. Pyke, 1904 Thirty Years Among the Blacks of Australia: the life and adventures of William Buckley the runaway convict
Wiliam Thomas Pyke
An interesting perspective is presented in the book: Living with the Locals p.28
The story of William Buckley –
through others’ eyes pp.26-49
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Sample not complete. I need to purchase a copy)