There’s long been an incorrect assumption that Indigenous Australians simply succumbed to British rule.
Depicted sailing in a boat in the late 18th century, he's a well-built, muscular man - a physique that matched his apparently formidable nature.
“He was a hero who took on the might of the white man; a spear against a musket, rifles and cannonballs.”NSW Library He was a hero who took on the might of the white man; a spear against a musket, rifles and cannonballs. - Uncle Vic Simms
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