Willemering

Willemering or Wileemarin (c.1755 – c.1800) was a man of the Eora people of Aboriginal Australians who on 7 September 1790 became a notable identity by spearing Arthur Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales.

Governor Phillip was himself at nearby South Head planning the construction of a navigation beacon and on his return journey to Sydney encountered the boat with the gift of whale-meat.

Phillip was eager to meet with Bennelong and directed his boat to proceed to Manly Cove after first going back to South Head to procure the firearms deposited there.

The Governor and his group attempted to return to the boat, but they were impeded significantly by the 10 foot spear hanging from Phillip's body which continually jammed against the ground slowing his progress and further lacerating his wound.

[1][2] Although Phillip bled considerably from the wound while in the boat, it was later found that no artery had been cut and the remaining portion of the barbed spear was removed by the assistant surgeon William Balmain.