Yagan

Kelrick Martin
2013-10-13

The fight for an Aboriginal warrior's return home to unite his broken community - 180 years after his brutal murder.
7.5
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When Lieutenant-Governor James Stirling established Western Australia's Swan River colony (later the city of Perth) in 1829, times were tough. Seed refused to grow, food was scarce, and the initially good relations between British settlers and local Indigenous Noongar people tragically spiraled out of control into a conflict over land and resources. Standing out during this period were the actions of a Noongar warrior named Yagan.