Bilin Bilin

Bilin Bilin (* 1820, † 1901) was an Elder ( Mature ) Yugambeh the Aborigines in south-eastern Queensland. He was awarded by the British colonialists called a King plate ( King sticker), an emblem or Regalie for a king.

Life

Bilin Bilin was born in 1820 in southeast Queensland. He learned by Pastor Haussmann read and write from the Bethesda Mission. Bilin Bilin had a brother, Mark, who was a good singer. 1864 invited the Yugambeh the settlers from Waterford to Corroboree by Broomhill one, the original camp of Yugambeh. On this occasion, Mark sang an English song.

His final years were spent Bilin Bilin on a reservation, in which he was directed by the Chief Protector Archibald Meston. Bilin Bilin came then near the Deebing Mission Creek, where he later died.

Colonization

The land of Yugambeh was colonized in the 1820s by British explorers, woodworkers and missionaries. First, there was a chance for to satisfactory cooperation, but since the 19th century, European settlers needed more land, the habitat of the Aborigines was further restricted: they were pushed back by the Queensland Native Police Corps, their weapons more effective than the spears and clubs were Aboriginal. 1861 shot of the Native Police Corps is a group of Yugamebeh who stole blankets and tobacco. Part of the Aborigines wanted to fight a guerrilla tactics against the European squatters; Bilin Bilin was against it and wanted to continue that they worked for the white settlers. He even distributed Bibles among his tribe, though he did not convert to Christianity and clung to the traditional ceremonies of the Dreamtime. In 1863, he became the leader of the Yugambeh. The Europeans, distinguished him with a so-called King plate, on which the text Jackey Jackey King of the Logan and Pimpama was applied.

Bilin Bilin and his friend of Elder Minnippi whose King plate King of Tingalpa was traveled by train to Brisbane. When they arrived in the north of Waterford, ill Minnippi, died a few days later and Bilin Bilin buried him at night in an unfamiliar place.

Bilin Bilin legacy

Bilin Bilin understood that the land by the Europeans was irreversible, and that the armed struggle would be unsuccessful. However, he tried to obtain the identity and community of Aboriginal and said that the Aborigines would have to start a new life. With this decision, he had many enemies in his tribe. Many of Bil'in descendants now live in the traditional land of their ancestors.