Hilli-billcti was .1 pcisori Of con- 

 • i chaiacici anil personality. 

 Ik conducted the busmcss ol UlC 

 quarry smelly, ami took good can* 

 in ensure Ihe sccutily of Ihe enter 

 prise. When a ncitdihoui inc.. 01 II 

 disl.mi, lube wished !\> obtain stone, 

 emissaries were deputed Id visit the 

 quarry. II' Ihey dnl nol loUw on the 

 wa\ aiul caused no liouble, they 

 were lively nTfeSfed lo travel un- 

 niolisted, even lhioiii;h the tcniloiy 

 ol othei tribes, ami they were peace- 

 rwUj fBBCSlVfld, When ihev ai lived at 

 Ihe quarry ihey camped close In. and 

 indicated lhal they wauled to get 

 stone. On one oeeasioti Billi hillcri 

 was heaid to say aceoidini: to U 

 native infoi mailt. 1 I am elad lo sec 

 you and will give you what you 

 waul to satisfy you. hut you musi 

 behave quietly and not hurt ntc or 

 eaeh other". 



.Sometimes stone was stolen from 

 the quarry. In one case, prohablv in 

 ihe late forties, stone had been taken 

 In a man of Ihe WudlhaUi tine, tiihe, 

 and the story has heen recorded m 

 what are slated lo be almost Ihe 

 exact words ot an Abori.emal who 

 had been prcseut at the time This 

 simple naive description is neverthe- 

 less vividly descriptive and certainly 

 has the rtlitf of truth about it 



' Itilli billcn scnl a message to the 

 Wudthautuni;. anil 111 consequence 

 they same as far as 'he Wcrtltvv 

 Kivri their boundary, wheic llilli 

 billcn and hi) people met iheni. Al 

 the ulcetmy the WuniiKlieri $&< in OIK 

 place and the Wmtthaiining in an- 

 nlher. bin within spc-ikiiij: distance 

 Ihe old OHO ot each tribe sal (0 

 nether, with Ihe ynunecr men behind 

 them. Billi billeri had hclimd him 

 Btinijcrini, to whom he- "imvc his 

 Word". The Utter then standme up 

 said. "Did <omc til you -end ihis 

 vuun;; man :o lake tomahawk stone" 

 Ihe head-man of the Wiirtlhailriinf 

 replied. "No. we %cnl no one" 

 Billi-b.llcri said to Bur ' 

 to the old men that 



276 



dial voiine '"an HiM W do so 

 more. When Ihe people speak ri 

 wanting sitine. the old men nm 

 Wild us nonce"'. BuRWrjltl rcpoaU: 

 Ihis in a loud lone, and ihe old tnto 

 of the WudlhUUIUtUJ replied, Thai U 

 .,11 ii«hi, we will do so". Ihen \h< 

 .puke slmnw.lv lo Ihe youne nun win 

 h.,.i -lolrn Ihe slone, and holli m 

 ties were aeaui friendly wiih 

 otltei". 



ftjUi Inllen gained a lepulatiou 

 beiiiy a jjooil fneiul of ihe whi 

 men, and as a head-man of souk 

 Maudine he seems to have used In. 

 uiihu-ncc W prevent iroiihli' between 

 ihe Aborigines and the settlers h\ 

 was induced lo help in the retruittnp 

 i.ir the Native Police when that bo,l, 

 was tormed. under Captain Dana, ji 

 and he hniisclt was the firsl k 

 enroll in il. He wa.s not however , 

 success as a poheeinaii. He wimlil 

 not ride i horse, and he tc fused U 

 scive outside his own coiinlry Alsu 

 he soon tired of lOnfl hours of f w , 

 drill Kventually it was arranged ttui 

 tie could itlaui his uiiiloim and Ilk 

 musket, although iloubtless witluur 

 powder or shol, and lo come on p,ir 

 ade onlv when he pleased He diol 

 in 1840. 



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