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BOOK REVIEW: Pemulwuy The Rainbow Warrior (by Eric Willmot) – By Wimal Kannangara Source: Brisbane Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – June 2022 The story of Pemulwuy is both a part of the Aboriginal belief system and oral history as well as a part of history of modern Australia. Pemulwuy led a war against the British for 12 years until he was killed in 1802. The name Pemulwuy means earth: man of the earth. Born around 1756 to a people who believed that their world was brought into being by a creator to the form of a rainbow. Hence, he was the rainbow warrior. In 1788, the British landed on the shores of the bay of Kamey, now called Botany Bay. The area surrounded by that bay and the great harbour of Tubbowgule, around which the city of Sydney is now built, was inhabited by indigenous people who called themselves ...