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Henry Hacking killed the Aboriginal Australian resistance fighter Pemulwuy after Philip Gidley King ordered that he be brought in dead or alive.
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Henry Hacking
English-born sailor and explorer (1750–1831)
Henry Hacking was an English-born sailor and explorer who was one of the first British colonists in New South Wales. He is generally regarded as being the person responsible for shooting and killing the Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy in 1802.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Aboriginal Australians
One of the two categories of Indigenous Australians
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pemulwuy
Aboriginal Australian military leader (c. 1750–1802)
Pemulwuy was a Bidjigal warrior of the Dharug Nation, an Aboriginal Australian people from New South Wales. One of the most famous Aboriginal resistance fighters in the colonial era, he is noted for his resistance to British colonisation which began with the arrival of the First…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Philip Gidley King
Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (1758–1808)
Captain Philip Gidley King was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1800 to 1806. When the First Fleet arrived in January 1788, King was detailed to colonise Norfolk Island for defence and foraging purposes. As…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)