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The big man of Yowie Bay.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 12:01 pm
by Yowie Bay 2228
The First Fleeters who befriended the Aboriginal inhabitants of Sydney Cove, soon learnt of the monsters known as ‘Yowee’ and ‘Yahoo’ that inhabited the surrounding forest land. The tribesmen called a nearby bay ‘Yowee’, because of the numbers of “hairy men and women” who roamed its shores; and it was in the vicinity of what is still today ‘Yowie Bay’ [Miranda district] that, around January 1795 another hunting party of soldiers and convicts are claimed to have spotted a man-sized ‘thing’ running from them over a tree-covered ridge overlooking the bay. Photograph right: Aboriginal Girl wearing a Kangaroo hide Garment. Photographer Unknown. I will credit anyone wh
Re: The big man of Yowie Bay.
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 1:56 pm
by ChrisV
Yowie Bay 2228 wrote:The First Fleeters who befriended the Aboriginal inhabitants of Sydney Cove, soon learnt of the monsters known as ‘Yowee’ and ‘Yahoo’ that inhabited the surrounding forest land. The tribesmen called a nearby bay ‘Yowee’, because of the numbers of “hairy men and women” who roamed its shores; and it was in the vicinity of what is still today ‘Yowie Bay’ [Miranda district] that, around January 1795 another hunting party of soldiers and convicts are claimed to have spotted a man-sized ‘thing’ running from them over a tree-covered ridge overlooking the bay. Photograph right: Aboriginal Girl wearing a Kangaroo hide Garment. Photographer Unknown. I will credit anyone wh
Yes I think there would of been quite a shock when the first fleet and early settlers arrived on Sydney shores.
Assuming that the bush would of extended all the way to the coastline, Yowies would of been prevalent and surely encountered by early settlers. There are many reports in the AYR database confirming this.
The Harbour and Botany Bay areas would of been a pristine environment for both aboriginal and yowies to inhabit. The harbour has some natural bush areas still existing so once can still experience what it must of been like for those early arrivals. Areas around Middle Harbour and North Head have bush areas which many caves which gives and idea of what sheltered areas might of been available.
I think Royal National Park is a great example of what the old Sydney basin area might of looked like. The current Yowie reports down there tend to suggest that this might of been the case for the whole metro area.
Unfortunately there is not much evidence that they were ever here....