soldier was speared in the arm, and Captain Ellis, the Superintendent of the Mounted Police, was mortally wounded during the massacre. Stirling's official report stated that 14 Pindjarup had been killed, though modern estimates run as high as 50. Events after 1834 By 1836 a permanent military settlement was established in Pinjarra, and further land grants to settlers occurred with little overt resistance from Aboriginal people, who sought employment in the pastoral industry which was established in the area. By 1838 a road through Pindjarup lands connected Pinjarra to Bunbury. Pindjarup people survived the conflict, but their cultural identity was weakened through policies of successive Protectors of Aborigines in Western Australia, particularly Henry Prinsep and A. O. Neville, who sought to "breed out" the Aboriginal race through miscegenation with whites. Successive outbreaks of measles and other illnesses also took their toll on the successive demoralisation of these people. Nevertheless, since the 1930s the number of Aboriginal people in Pindjarup lands has increased, though most now identify themselves by the language group Noongar, rather than Pindjarup. From the 1940s to the 1970s up to 500 Aboriginal people, including many of Pindjarup heritage, were incarcerated at the Roelands Aboriginal Mission, most of whom were taken from their families as a part of the Stolen Generations policies of that era. Alternative names Pinjarra (toponym) Penjarra Pidjain Peejine Murray tribe South West tribe Banyowla Bangoula (personal name) Banyoula Kuriwongi (language name) Yaberoo ("northerners" applied to people around Wonnerup) See also List of massacres of Indigenous Australians List of Indigenous Australian group names Notes Citations Sources Noongar Swan Coastal Plain