The Waterloo Bay massacre was a clash between European settlers and Aboriginal Australians that took place on the cliffs of Waterloo Bay near Elliston, South Australia, in late May 1849. Part of the Australian frontier wars, it is likely that it resulted in the deaths of tens or scores of Aboriginal people. In the lead-up, three European settlers were killed by Aboriginal people, and one Aboriginal person was killed and five others were poisoned by European settlers. Local Aboriginal people have oral history traditions that a large-scale massacre occurred. While older European accounts suggest that the event was exaggerated into a myth over time, it has now been concluded that the stories are founded in fact, and that some form of punitive action did take place. In 2017, the District Council of Elliston erected a memorial (pictured) to acknowledge what occurred, and received a national award for their work in memorialising the massacre.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_Bay_massacre

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1889:

The Treaty of Wuchale was signed, ending the Italo-Ethiopian War, but differences in translation later led to another war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Ethiopian_War_of_1887%E2%80%931889

1945:

World War II: General Helmuth Weidling, the German commander of Berlin, surrendered to Soviet forces led by Marshal Georgy Zhukov, ending the Battle of Berlin (aftermath pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin

1995:

Croatian War of Independence: Serb forces began rocket attacks on the Croatian capital Zagreb, killing 7 people and injuring around 200 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagreb_rocket_attacks

2011:

The Conservative Party of Canada won enough seats in the federal election to establish their first majority government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

turn turtle: 1. (intransitive) Especially of a boat or ship, or some other vehicle: to turn upside down. 2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fail; to go belly up. 3. (intransitive, surfing) To roll upside down with one's surfboard (usually a longboard) to allow a wave, especially a wave that has already broken, to pass over. 4. (intransitive, historical) To capture a turtle by turning it on to its back. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/turn_turtle

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

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