Yagan
Australian Noongar warrior (c. 1795-1833) · Died at 38
Yagan was an Aboriginal Australian warrior from the Noongar people. Yagan was pursued by the local authorities after he killed Erin Entwhistle, a servant of farmer Archibald Butler.
Yagan is read about 75 times a day, in 22 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Skirmish area showing gravesite and Henry Bull's mill![A portion of George Fletcher Moore's handwritten diary, showing sketches of Yagan's head[49]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Yagan%27s_head_from_Moore%27s_diary.png/1280px-Yagan%27s_head_from_Moore%27s_diary.png)
A portion of George Fletcher Moore's handwritten diary, showing sketches of Yagan's head[49]![Portrait of Yagan by George Cruikshank.This portrait was painted from observations of Yagan's severed head, which had shrunk substantially during preservation by smoking. George Fletcher Moore said it bore little resemblance to the living Yagan, whose face was "plump, with a burly-headed look about it".[54]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Yagan.jpg/330px-Yagan.jpg)
Portrait of Yagan by George Cruikshank.This portrait was painted from observations of Yagan's severed head, which had shrunk substantially during preservation by smoking. George Fletcher Moore said it bore little resemblance to the living Yagan, whose face was "plump, with a burly-headed look about it".[54]
A horizontal colour contour map of ground conductivity of Yagan's grave site, showing an anomaly in the electromagnetic signature caused by metal artefacts buried with Yagan's headAbout this person
It was an act of retaliation after Thomas Smedley, another of Butler's servants, shot at a group of Noongar people stealing potatoes and fowls, killing one of them. The government offered a bounty for Yagan's capture, dead or alive, and a young settler, William Keats, shot and killed him. Yagan is considered a legendary figure by the Noongar.