"Yadyer, on seeing the ship, went down to a corner of the beach, where a portion of the tribe were encamped, and told them what he had seen... Some of them thought the ships were large birds; others, that it was 'Devil-devil' coming."​
- The Empire newspaper, 1864
Interactions of Aboriginal People with traders and navigators
Primary resources
Accounts by:
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Harry Stockdale, adventurer
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Ronald M Berndt & Catherine H Berndt​, anthropologists
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First encounter and resistance from inhabitants
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Damning testimony
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Capture of Aboriginal
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Willem Janszoon - 1606
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Luís Vaez de Torres - 1606
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Dirk Hartog - 1616
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Jan Carstenszoon - 1623
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Abel Tasman - 1642​​
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Great Southern Land
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​Aboriginals resist landing
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Cook takes formal possession
Accounts by:
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Captain Arthur Phillip
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​Captain Watkin Tench
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Arthur Bowes-Smyth, surgeon
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Reportedly the first and only known account of the arrival of Captain Cook, from the perspective of Aboriginals who were present at the landing