On this day (15 June) in 1805 Musquito used economic sabotage as a - TopicsExpress



          

On this day (15 June) in 1805 Musquito used economic sabotage as a tactic against farmer Abraham Young at Portland Head, NSW. He and his supporters set fire to Young’s ‘Barn and Stacks’, a flagrant act of war that saw Musquito held responsible by colonists for ‘keeping the flames [of conflict] alive’. Aboriginal use of fire as a weapon signalled an innovative departure from the usual technologies of warfare – the spear, shield and stones.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:05:30 +0000

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