Here lie one hundred of our ancestors in unmarked graves. Although a
free people they were taken to Wybalenna to help establish the 'friendly
mission' and a promise of return to their homelands. It soon became a
Here lie one hundred of our ancestors in unmarked graves. Although a
'death camp'.They were betrayed, abused and left to die. Some of our
free people they were taken to Wybalenna to help establish the 'friendly
old people died not only at the hands of the soldiers but of dispossesion
mission' and a promise of return to their homelands. It soon became a
of land and broken hearts.
'death camp'.They were betrayed, abused and left to die. Some of our
In this field were once one hundred crosses that marked these graves. The stolen plaque read,
old people died not only at the hands of the soldiers but of dispossesion
- To commemorate approximately 100 Aborigines buried in the vicinity of
Wybalenna 1833-1847 - erected by the Junior Farmers of Flinders Island.

"Graves are about identity, that we are here - that we exist"
Phyllis Pitchford 1994