| LC control no. | n 88032985 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jandamarra, approximately 1870-1897 |
| Variant(s) | Jandamura, approximately 1870-1897 Pigeon, approximately 1870-1897 Sandamara, approximately 1870-1897 Sandawara, approximately 1870-1897 Tjandamara, approximately 1870-1897 Tjangamarra, approximately 1870-1897 Wonimarra, approximately 1870-1897 Sandamara, -1897 Sandamara, d. 1897 |
| Associated country | Australia |
| Birth date | 1870? |
| Death date | 1897-04-01 |
| Place of birth | Kimberley (W.A.) |
| Place of death | Kimberley (W.A.) |
| Field of activity | Bunuba (Australian people)--Civil rights |
| Profession or occupation | Outlaws Revolutionaries |
| Found in | Mudrooroo. Long live Sandawara, 1979. Marshall, R. King of Kimberley, 1988: p. vii (Tjandamara, known as Pigeon; d. 4-1-1897) 1000 famous Australians, 1978 (Sandamara, (?-1897)) Jandamarra and the Bunuba resistance, 1995. Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1990, online, viewed 22 December 2020: Jandamarra, 1870-1897 (Aboriginal leader; born about 1870 into the Bunuba tribe which occupied mountainous country in the Kimberley district of Western Australia; arrested in 1889 for killing sheep, avoided charges by taking care of police horses, a year later returned to his territory and violated Bunuba law, so went to live at Lillimooloora; recruited as a police tracker in 1894 at Lillimooloora, killed the police officer with whom he worked and released 16 Aboriginal prisoners, formed a gang to stage an Aboriginal uprising that would transcend tribal boundaries; injured in the major battle of Windjina Gorge in November 1894, and spent two years hiding in caves; raided the Lillimooloora police station in November 1895; shot dead at Tunnel Creek on 1 April 1897; spoke English confidently; named Pigeon by a European) National Library of Australia, via VIAF, viewed 22 December 2020 (authorized access point: Jandamarra, approximately 1870-1897; variant access points: Jandamura, approximately 1870-1897, Jundamurra, approximately 1870-1897, Pigeon, approximately 1870-1897, Sandamara, approximately 1870-1897, Sandawara, approximately 1870-1897, Tjandamara, approximately 1870-1897, Tjangamarra, approximately 1870-1897, Wonimarra, approximately 1870-1897) |
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