Risdon
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The Coal Valley a short distance east of Risdon
Open country ideal place for hunting
Nights of dancing
Grassland for driving animals down to the Derwent
Endless discussions
Running women and children retreated under fire
Large numbers of fighting men present
Old men at the foot of the hill near the Valley employed in making spears
Numbers favoured the original inhabitants
Guns insufficient
‘Ensuing thirty years provides the strongest affirmation of this interpretation of the events of this fateful day at Risdon’
The members of the besieging party were warriors
Europeans shot a cannon, saving the camp
Recalled, John Henry Fawker, ‘it was war between the races and no quarter’.
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