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Tango01 | 20 Oct 2018 2:58 p.m. PST |
"The rescue of Betty Guard and her two children from Ngāti Ruanui in the spring of 1834 involved the first action by British troops on New Zealand soil. A British House of Commons inquiry into the affair in 1835 criticised what it described as the use of excessive force by the rescue party. In April 1834 the whaler John (Jacky) Guard, his wife Elizabeth and their two children returned from a trip to Sydney aboard the Harriet, commanded by Captain Hall. On the 29th the barque was caught in a gale and driven ashore near Rāhotu on the Taranaki coast. In true survivor style the castaways made tents from the ship's sails. Several days later, they were attacked by a group of Taranaki Māori who plundered the wreck. Then Ngāti Ruanui, perhaps aggrieved at the lack of booty, attacked the party. In the ensuing struggle, 12 of the Harriet's crew were killed, including Betty's brother. Betty herself narrowly escaped death…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Henry Martini | 21 Oct 2018 5:01 p.m. PST |
Similar events occurred here in Australia; not so much direct rescue efforts, but punitive expeditions following attacks on shipwreck victims. By strange coincidence the two worst incidents, one in South Australia in 1840 and the other in Queensland in 1872, both involved ships with the name 'Maria'. |
Tango01 | 22 Oct 2018 11:13 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement Armand
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