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Jackey Jackey (aka Jacky Jacky) (1833–1854) is the name by which Galmahra(aka Galmarra), the Aboriginal Australian guide and companion to surveyor Edmund Kennedy was known. He survived Edmund Kennedy's fatal 1848 expedition into Cape York Peninsula and was subsequently formally recognized for heroic deeds by the then colony of New South Wales in words engraved on a solid silver breastplate or gorget〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= National Museum of Australia )〕 which read as follows:〔 The name "Jackey Jackey" since entered general Australian plus Aboriginal Australian slang〔See for instance Mansell, Michael (27 August 2003) (The decline of the Aboriginal protest movement ): ''"we have to rely on Cathy Freeman, proudly holding her people's flag aloft against all protocols, to symbolise our rejection of having to be Jacky-Jacky Australians"'' in Green Left Weekly〕
== Biographical details == As a young man, Galmahra seems to have grown up and lived near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, most likely as a member of the local Australian Aboriginal nation:〔(Beale, Edgar (1967) ' Jackey Jackey ( - 1854)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press ) Online Edition accessed 9 May 2010〕 the Wonnarua.〔( Tindale, Norman (1974) Online Portion of Map of Australian Aboriginal 'Tribal' Boundaries including "Wonnarua' (NSW) ) Accessed 15 May 2010〕 In April 1848, still a young man, Galmahra was asked to accompany and help guide Assistant Surveyor Edmund Kennedy and team (including botanist (William Carron )〔(Carron, William (1849) "Narrative of an expedition undertaken under the direction of the late Mr. Assistant Surveyor E. B. Kennedy, for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York;, one of the survivors of the expedition" ) Accessed 8 May 2010〕) on an expedition through unknown country heading up into Cape York Peninsula. On that expedition Galmahra proved his value (including bush skills) and turned out to be a loyal and resilient member of the expedition upon whom Edmund Kennedy increasingly relied until he died, speared by (Jathaikana' ) (aka Yadhaykenu) people in the northern Peninsula area〔 (December 1848), somewhere near the Escape River.〔 Following an inquiry into Edmund Kennedy and other expedition members deaths, Galmahra became more generally known to the colony of New South Wales as Jackey Jackey: an Aboriginal Australian to be honored for his loyalty, heroic deeds, and general assistance to the expedition.〔(Sydney Morning Herald (7 March 1849) "Correspondence: Jackey Jackey" ) Accessed 10 May 2010〕 By March 1849 a lithographic portrait of 'Jackey Jackey' had been produced for sale,〔(Prints and printmaking Australia Asia Pacific Jacky Jacky (lithographic portrait by Charles Rodius) online database entry ) Accessed 16 May 2010〕 and by the beginning of 1851 the Governor of New South Wales had presented him with a specially made, pure silver breastplate (see above) plus a £50 bank account gratuity.〔〔(Sydney Morning Herald (31 December 1850) "Jackey Jackey" (regarding Silver breastplate)" ) Accessed 10 May 2010〕 Galmahra never wore the breastplate, never accessed the £50 bank account, and did not seem to have otherwise been fully engaged or employed by the colony. Instead he gained a reputation for enjoying his alcohol and, in 1854, after drinking too much during an overland journey to Albury, New South Wales, fell into a campfire and died.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jackey Jackey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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