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Australian Noongar warrior (c. 1795-1833)

Lived 1795 to 1833 · aged 38
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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.

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Skirmish area showing gravesite and Henry Bull's millSkirmish area showing gravesite and Henry Bull's millA portion of George Fletcher Moore's handwritten diary, showing sketches of Yagan's head[49]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]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 headA 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 headThe final two frames of Dean Alston's 1997 cartoon Alas Poor YaganThe final two frames of Dean Alston's 1997 cartoon Alas Poor Yagan

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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. 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.

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Lived 1795 to 1833 · aged 38
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