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• Massacre at Cattle Chosen, Busselton (2)
  30 Jul 1837 — Cattle Chosen, Busselton (2) — massacre
  On 30 July 1837, Wardandi Noongar people were heard shouting on the nearby estuary. Bessie Bussell reported in a day-by-day diary entry (cited in Shann 1978, p 19) : 'Everyone immediately armed themselves, and in a little while we heard the firing of guns. After two hours' absence, they returned amidst crowds of natives. I fear more women were slain than men. All our little party returned safely. All was intended to be right, so I hope this skirmish will turn out for the best. Three women, one man, one boy are known to be dead, but more are supposed to be dying.'
  Source: Allbrook, 2014 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt13wwvzc.10; Jennings, 1983; Shann, 1978 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Cattle_Chosen/Chapter_7. See Also: Carmody, 2021https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-17/wonnerup-minninup-massacre-the-ghosts-are-not-silent/100458938 ↗