Midgegooroo biography of barack

Aboriginal Australian executed without trial in 1833

Midgegooroo (died 22 May 1833) was an Aboriginal Australian elder^[1][2] of the Nyungar nation, who played a key role in Aboriginal resistance to white settlement in the area of Perth, Western Australia.

Half-mast honour for Midgegooroo | Fremantle Herald Interactive

Everything documented about Midgegooroo (variously spelled in the record as "Midgeegaroo", "Midgegarew", "Midgegoorong", Midgegoroo", Midjegoorong", "Midjigoroo", "Midgigeroo", Midjigeroo", "Migegaroo", "Migegaroom", "Migegooroo", "Midgecarro", "Widgegooroo") is mediated through the eyes of the colonisers, some of whom, notably G.F. Moore, Robert Menli Lyon and Francis Armstrong, derived their information from discussions with contemporary Noongar people, in particular the son of Midgegooroo, Yagan.

Largely due to his exploits in opposing colonisation and his relationship with Lyon and Moore, Yagan has a much sharper historical profile than his father. Midgegooroo was executed by firing squad a Kaartdijin Noongar LUKET