Aboriginal Collective (Aboriginal Resistance)

The Aboriginal Collective had been formed many years prior to the coming of the British. In 1589, a leader named began questioning ideas of a united tribe. This had been considered before, but the idea had never been taken seriously. His powerful words and particularly vocal speeches, however, began to sway the tribe he was charged with, Mangarla, which was situated in the west of Australia.

There were a great number of tribes inhabiting the region of Australia, and so swaying them was a particularly challenging task. By the beginning of the 17th century, Mangarla had joined with a number of other tribes to form the first. Putting their disputes aside had not been easy, but now their union would benefit significantly from the collaboration.

The Union was so successful that other tribes began to consider it as a significant threat. In 1709, Mandu was killed in an impressive attack by the nearby Binigura tribe. This angered the Union and its leaders to force them to retaliate against the Binigura and eliminate them. Now, there was no doubt in the minds of the neighbouring tribes that this was indeed a very dangerous force.

The Union began to create a for itself, thus bringing a degree of order into a still chaotic society. Every member of the Union was expected to obey the Code and disobedience was punished with what was still a particularly random justice system, with much of the sentences being execution. In consequence, the Code was rarely disobeyed.

Since the Binigura incident, the Union maintained peaceful relations with its neighbours, trading resources regularly. However, in 1725, a man called Pindan came to be the leader of the Union. He had been radically criticized for his unusual ideas, even ridiculed, but had nevertheless managed to win over popular opinion. It was his view that the Union was powerful enough, now, to take on many other tribes and to win domination of the land. Under the Code, his decisions could not be disputed, and so began the of the tribes.