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The '''Yagan Memorial'''<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/03/2916862.htm ABC News] Aboriginal Warrior's Final Resting Place</ref> is an artwork created for the City of Swan to honour the memory of ''Yagan'', the son of Midgigoroo and Moyran. The Memorial Park is situated at Lot 39 West Swan Road,<ref>[http://cityofswan.com/council/minutes/2006/september/6september2006/b2-4.pdf City of Swan]</ref> Swan Valley, [[Australia]]. Yagan was a very important representative of the '''Beeliar''' People<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hbagAAAAMAAJ&q=Beeliar+people&dq=Beeliar+people&hl=en&ei=rrAhTMi4F87Qcf_PhVY&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ Caught in Time:]  Talking Australian History ''by'' Bill Bunbury. Page 40-41</ref> who was instrumental in trying to forge  good working relations with the first white settlers of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.  

The '''Yagan Memorial'''<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/03/2916862.htm ABC News] Aboriginal Warrior's Final Resting Place</ref> is an artwork created for the City of Swan to honour the memory of ''Yagan'', the son of Midgigoroo and Moyran. The Memorial Park is situated at Lot 39 West Swan Road,<ref>[http://cityofswan.com/council/minutes/2006/september/6september2006/b2-4.pdf City of Swan]</ref> Swan Valley, [[Australia]]. Yagan was a very important representative of the '''Beeliar''' People<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hbagAAAAMAAJ&q=Beeliar+people&dq=Beeliar+people&hl=en&ei=rrAhTMi4F87Qcf_PhVY&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ Caught in Time:]  Talking Australian History ''by'' Bill Bunbury. Page 40-41</ref> who was instrumental in trying to forge  good working relations with the first white settlers of the Swan River Colony in [[Western Australia]].  

The imagery tells the story of Yagan and his family, their alienation from the white people, the taking and fencing off of their traditional land, the killings and the payback, and the treacherous ambush of Yagan, Heegan and his party by the ''Keates brothers'' at the site in 1833. Wall one will depict the story of Yagan and his people from colonisation to his untimely and tragic death.<ref>[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020578b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition]</ref>

The imagery tells the story of Yagan and his family, their alienation from the white people, the taking and fencing off of their traditional land, the killings and the payback, and the treacherous ambush of Yagan, Heegan and his party by the ''Keates brothers'' at the site in 1833. Wall one will depict the story of Yagan and his people from colonisation to his untimely and tragic death.<ref>[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020578b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition]</ref>

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[[Sandra Hill::Yagan Memorial]]

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{[Yagan Memorial::Kylie Ricks]]

{[Yagan Memorial::Jenny Dawson Ceramic Artist]]

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[[Region_Located_In::Swan Valley]]

[[Region_Located_In::Swan Valley]]

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