Grave of Windradyne, Aboriginal burial site in Brucedale, Australia.
Grave of Windradyne is a heritage-listed grave site at Brucedale, 1361 Sofala Road, Sofala, in the Bathurst Region of New South Wales. The Wiradjuri built and designed it in 1835, and the Bathurst Historical Society marked the grave in 1955. Local Wiradjuri have planted trees around it in a traditional diamond pattern.
Windradyne was a Wiradjuri warrior leader near Bathurst. After his family was killed at Kelso in May 1824, he led the Bathurst War, and warriors attacked Samuel Terry's hut at Millah-Murrah on 24 May 1824. Captured earlier and jailed for a month, he was buried at Brucedale after his death; the Bathurst Historical Society marked the grave in 1955.
Local Wiradjuri still revere the grave and have planted trees around it in a traditional diamond pattern. The site is also known as Windradyne's Grave, and the Bathurst Historical Society marked it in 1955. Windradyne's name among white settlers was "Saturday".
The site is fenced and protected to preserve its sacred nature. Visitors should approach respectfully and stay within the marked areas.
Windradyne was buried on Brucedale, the property George Suttor named after crossing the Blue Mountains in 1822. His son William had learned the local Wiradjuri dialect and spoke Windradyne down when warriors surrounded the homestead; the two remained friends until Windradyne's death.
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